Read the passage.

excerpt from the way to rainy mountain
by n. scott momaday

the imaginative experience and the historical express equally the traditions of man’s reality. finally, then, the journey recalled is among other things the revelation of one way in which these traditions are conceived, developed, and interfused in the human mind. there are on the way to rainy mountain many landmarks, many journeys in the one.

which statement explains the author's meaning in this excerpt?

there are a lot of different routes to rainy mountain in oklahoma.
tracing one's heritage is an important part of life's journey.
people travel to rainy mountain from all over the world.
many different stories are part of the overall kiowa story.