Early reviewers such as Marshall Sprague in his "Anglos and Indians", "New York Times Book Review" (9 June 1968) complained that the novel contained "plenty of haze" but suggested that perhaps this was inevitable in rendering "the mysteries of cultures different from our own" and then goes on to describe this as "one reason why story rings so true." Sprague also discussed the seeming contradiction of writing about a native culture—especially in English, the language of the so-called oppressor. He continues, "The mysteries of cultures different from our own cannot be explained in a short novel, even by an artist as talented as Mr. Momaday". The many critics—such as Carole Oleson in her "The Remembered Earth: Momaday's "House Made of Dawn"", "South Dakota Review" II (Spring 1973)—who have given the novel extended analysis acknowledge that much more explanation is needed "before outsiders can fully appreciate all the subtleties of "House Made of Dawn"." Baine Kerr has elaborated this point to suggest that Momaday has used "the modern Anglo novel a vehicle for a sacred text," that in it he is "attempting to transliterate Indian culture, myth, and sensibility into an alien art form, without loss."