Give an example that shows that religion was important to Momaday's grandmother. Your answer:

When Momaday remembers his grandmother "most often at prayer," she is praying to Tai-me, the Sun Dance god.

Later in The Way to Rainy Mountain, the reader learns that Momaday's grandmother was present at many important Kiowa events, including the last complete Sun Dance where the religious rituals to Tai-me were completed.

Explanation:

Momaday has lots of memories of his grandmother, He remembers his nanny. She had a good relation with the gods. We can say that the prayers about her sadness because of the tribe Kiowa dispersion.

One example that shows that religion was important Momaday's grandmother was that she mentions that she belonged to the "the last culture to evolve in North America." This means that the last culture to evolve in America was the Kiowa, and this culture had their own religion. Obviously it was so important to her that she wanted Momaday to recieve it as her heritage in the Kiowa tribe.