LITERATURE QUESTIONS
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE
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Coyote was foolish and greedy
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Coyote was smart and sensible
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Coyote was happy and loved the buffalo
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Coyote made the world habitable
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Detailed explanation-1: -According to the opening lines of the story, “No buffalo ever lived in the Swah-netk-qhu county. That was Coyote’s fault.” What qualities of the coyote made this problem happen? Coyote was foolish and greedy.
Detailed explanation-2: -She tricks him into letting her have access to the cow carcass. Which of Coyote’s qualities makes it possible for the old woman to trick him? He is greedy, foolish and vain.
Detailed explanation-3: -As you read this tale, notice how the coyote demonstrates the trickster’s contradictory qualities: he is foolish yet clever, greedy yet helpful, immoral yet moral.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Native American legend “Coyote and the Buffalo” explains the absence of buffalo in Swah-netk’-qhu on the reckless and selfish behavior of a coyote. The coyote’s disrespect for the lives of others almost costs him his own life, while his greed causes the death of another.
Detailed explanation-5: -How does Coyote’s trickster nature lead to the absence of buffalo living along the Swah-netk’-qhu? Greed makes him disregard Buffalo Bull’s instructions, and Buffalo Bull distrusts him. Foolishness earns him the hatred of Young Bull, who moves his herd away.