Answer: N. Scott Momaday - who is a native American himself - finds ironic that white people claimed that they were arriving into the "new world" when in reality there were ancient civilizations already living on those lands, and this claim is one that they have continued to sustain up to this day.
When Europeans arrived in 1492, there were very large Indian populations scattered all across America with a rich history and culture, an element that vastly defers the logic of the discovery of a "new world".
The answer is A) She eventually said, "We share recipes."
The quotation marks and punctuated are in the right order.
I believe it is D, it talks about how the forest is very dense and at the bottom of the mountain, therefore the trees are surrounding it