Coyote is a common trickster figure for Native Americans in the mid-west and southwestern United States. This is likely because coyotes, the animals, were widespread in those regions.     which story (or stories) sticks out to you?  Why is that story significant or memorable?  In that story, how does Coyote demonstrate the characteristics of a trickster that were mentioned in the lesson? What lesson or moral does the story teach?  Why do you think this story continues to be told to people?  What truth does this story teach that can be passed on to the next generation? (Truth does not have to be something empirically provable but, rather, is something you know or observe about life.)

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Coyote is a common trickster figure for Native Americans in the mid-west and southwestern United States. This is likely because coyotes, the animals, were widespread in those regions.  
  which story (or stories) sticks out to you?  Why is that story significant or memorable?  In that story, how does Coyote demonstrate the characteristics of a trickster that were mentioned in the lesson? What lesson or moral does the story teach?  Why do you think this story continues to be told to people?  What truth does this story teach that can be passed on to the next generation? (Truth does not have to be something empirically provable but, rather, is something you know or observe about life.) 
 

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Coyote is a mythological character that appears generally in an anthropomorphic form in many cultures of the natives of North America. As per North American culture, The coyote was the primary animal on the continent before humans became prominent. People considered these animals as very clever as they used several tricks to advance their agenda. The coyote was depicted as having magical powers and was characterized as a compendium of opposites. The primary objective of the tales of the tricksters is ambiguous. The stories may have been told for amusement or may have been part of elaborate rituals.   

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