Huehuecoyotl

god of mischief, dance, music of preColumbian Mexico

Part human and part coyote - linked to astuteness, worldly wisdom, pragmatism.

Indulgence, luck and story telling.

Dualistic

Good & Evil

A prankster who’s tricks often backfire.

Coyotl

• The Nahuatl word for coyote.
• About 1000 years old
• Shares many traits with Old Man Coyote of more northern bands in NA.

Of Coyote

• Ancestor fox-like 10 - 3 million years ago.
• Were once larger during Pleistocene.
• 19 subspecies in NA
• Fission and Fusion social structure.

Predator Extermination Programs

• Over the last century or so massive programs to reduce predators.
• Funding by public, but supported by ranchers.
• Poisoning favoured

Coyotes

Fracturing a pack

100 - 200 years haven’t removed the coyote, and in fact, its range is far beyond what it once was.

Uber Coyote

Why Coyote

• Increase bird diversity
• Reduce rodent population
• Concept of wildness or wilderness for the Canadian psyche

Learning from Coyote

• Fission and fusion
• Move on
• A lack of failure isn’t success.
• Luck favours the prepared mind

People tend to hate species that share our qualities.