Coyote is a trickster in the Native American
storytelling tradition. Coyote can be seen as
being a greedy character, as he is in the Lakota
tale “Coyote Goes to the Dance,” or as a helpful
character, as in the Nez Perce tale “Coyote and
the Swallowing Hill.”
Coyote is a trickster in the Native American
storytelling tradition. Coyote can be seen as
being a greedy character, as he is in the Lakota
tale “Coyote Goes to the Dance,” or as a helpful
character, as in the Nez Perce tale “Coyote and
the Swallowing Hill.”