I think it varies a lot from individual to individual and depends on each person’s exposure—or lack thereof—to the stories. There are many reasons for the lack of exposure but among the foremost are federal Indian policies of assimilation that were designed to acculturate American Indians. These policies were very aggressive and included on- and off-reservation boarding schools for Native youth, the banning of sacred spiritual practices, and the forced allotment of reservations, among other collateral outcomes from these policies. Federal assimilation efforts were obviously never fully successful, however, and many people managed to maintain their traditions to varying degrees. As a result of both of these sort of countervailing efforts by federal officials and tribal people, American Indians today may have more or less access to their cultural traditions, including their traditional stories. That said, there are definitely segments of my community whose contemporary lives are very much guided and impacted by our traditional stories. These stories are hyperlocal and relevant; they are located right here where we live out our daily lives and they continue to have so much to teach us about inhabiting this place and about being human.