LITERATURE QUESTIONS
NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE
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“The Sky Tree”
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“The Sun Still Rises in the Same Sky”
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“Coyote Finishes His Work”
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“How America Was Discovered”
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Detailed explanation-1: -Coyote liked to play tricks. He thought about himself all the time, and told everyone he was a great warrior, but he was not. Sometimes he would go too far with some trick and get someone killed. Other times, he would have a trick played on himself by someone else.
Detailed explanation-2: -The coyote is the creator of the Native Americans in the story. He teaches them to survive and live off his creation. Once he is done with his creation he leaves it alone and let it be. In the biblical creation account, God makes his creation and rested after he was finished.
Detailed explanation-3: -Coyote is considered a trickster to both Syilx Okanagan and Secwepemc peoples. Coyote is often breaking the rules and bringing teachings through his adventurous mishaps. These teachings have strong ties to local societal values, traditional knowledge, spirituality and overall worldviews.
Detailed explanation-4: -Coyote’s characteristics here are thus of the typical Trickster figure: greedy, vain, foolish, cunning and, occasionally, displaying a high degree of power. Such Trickster at-tributes have been well described in the literature (Radin, 1956).