Fox and Coyote and Whale

Name: ______Date: ______Period: ______

“Fox and Coyote and Whale”

1) Why do Fox and Coyote go to the world of the water people?

2) What causes the powerful force ofKettleFalls, according to the story?

3) Why don’t whales live in fresh waters, according to the story?

4) List details about the functions this story serves (details about that era ofOkanoganpeople [as learned
through their coyote stories] on the chart below:

Explanations
How they explained the origins of specific physical things/phenomena / Social Values
What they considered right and wrong / Cultural Details
Survival Skills Explained
(things they now must do because of Coyote’s actions)

5) Explain how Coyote fits each dimension of the trickster below:

Cultural Hero / Clever Deceiver / Numbskull

“Coyote andBuffalo”

1. What actions are rewarded or punished?

2. How does coyote change in this story?

3. What chain of events occurs because coyote disobeys Buffalo Bull?

4. Explain how Coyote fits each dimension of the trickster below:

Cultural Hero / Clever Deceiver / Numbskull

5 How is personification used in this story? Why is it used?

6. How is repetition used in this story? Why is it used?

7.List details about the functions this story serves (details about that era ofOkanoganpeople [as learned through their coyote stories] on the chart below: