LITERATURE QUESTIONS
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE
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Question
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Coyote helps Buffalo hunt for food.
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Buffalo is tricked into liking Coyote when Coyote promises to no longer disrespect Buffalo.
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Coyote helps Buffalo to defeat his enemy, Young Buffalo, who stole his herd.
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Buffalo takes pity on Coyote because Coyote was injured.
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Detailed explanation-1: -How does Coyote gain Buffalo Bull’s friendship? Coyote offers him some food. Coyote offers him water. Coyote offers protection from Young Buffalo.
Detailed explanation-2: -Buffalo gives Coyote a cow as payment, telling him that she will provide food for him as long as he does not kill her. Coyote kills her anyway and loses his food to scavengers as well as to a woman who uses flattery to trick him out of the remains.
Detailed explanation-3: -How do Coyote and Buffalo Bull help each other? Coyote gave Buffalo Bull new horns, and Buffalo Bull gave Coyote food for life. What are the consequences of Coyote disregarding Buffalo Bull’s warning? After killing the cow, all of the meat and bones got stolen from him.
Detailed explanation-4: -How does coyote convince buffalo bull to spare his life? He stalled by offering the buffalo a smoke, and then offering to make him new horns. Buffalo bull was pleased with the ideas of new horns and spared his life.