The young coyotes knew Old Wily Coyote
had tried to fool them.

They said,“Let Old Wily Coyote be the only one
with a short tail?

And he was the only bob-tailed coyote.



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This Northern Cheyenne legend is about a bob-tailed

coyote who tries to trick other coyotes into
getting rid of their tails.

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Booklets available in the Level II sequence are listed below. Numbers refer to the planned sequence of use
in tha Teacher’s Manual. Materials developed by these tribes and others in the Northwest are included in

the Levels I and III sequences.

1 End of Summer
Crow Tribal Historical and Cultural
Commission

2 Thunder and the Mosquito
Muckleshoot Tribe

3 Why the Codfish Has a Red Face
Skokomish Tribe

4 How Wildcat and Coyote Tricked Each
Other
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the
Fort Hall Reservation

5 Pat Learns About Wild Peppermint
Blackfeet Tribe

6 Picture Writing
The Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon
7 Grandma Rides in the Parade
Crow Tribal Historical and Cultural
Commission

8 The Bob-Tuiled Coyote
Northern Cheyenne Tribe
9 The Great Flood
Skokomish Tribe
10 The Rainbow
The Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon
11 The Time the Whale Came to Jackson’s

Bay
Skokomish Tribe

12 Coyote and the Man Who Sits On Top
Salish Cultural Committee of
The Confederated Salish and
Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead
Reservation

13 The Crow
Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the
Fort Peck Reservation

14 Tepee, Sun and Time
Crow Tribal Historical and Cultural
Commission

15 Water Story
Crow Tribal Historical and Cultural
Commission

16 How Birds Learned to Fly
The Fourteen Confederated Tribes
from the Yakima Nation

17 Napi and the Bullberries
Blackfeet Tribe
18 How Cottontail Lost His Tail
The Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon
19 Being Indian Is
The Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon
20 Why Animals and Man Can No
Longer Talk to One Another

The Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon

For order information and prices of the above booklets and the Teacher’s Manual, contact the publisher:

Educational Systems, Inc.
2360 Southwest 170th Street
Beaverton, Oregon 97005

(503) 649-7516


Old Wily Coyote told the young coyotes
how he lost his tail.
One day when he was fishing with his tail,
it became frozen in the ice.
He pulled and pulled to get his tail out of the ice.





One day long ago, Old Wily Coyote was sitting on a hill.
He called all the young coyotes together.

“Listen to me” he said.

“Our tails stop us from going under fences.

Bears grab our tails and we cannot get away.

We should get rid of our tails”



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At last Old Wily Coyote jumped free.
But he pulled off his tail.
And this is why Old Wily Coyote had no tail.





The young coyotes wondered why Old Wily Coyote
said these things.
They looked at him.
They went behind him and pushed him over.
Then they knew why Old Wily Coyote did not like tails.
Old Wily Coyote did not have a tail.



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THE INDLAN READING SERIES:
2.9 Stories and Legends of the Northwest

The Bob-Tailed Coyote

Level II Book 8

Hy members ofthe Northern Cheyenne
Research and Homan Development Association
INurtrated by Dale Brady

Joseph Coburn, Director
Pacific Northwest Indian Program
Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory



THE INDIAN READING SERIES: Stories and Legends of the
Northwest is a collection of authentic material cooperatively devel-
oped by Indian people from twelve reservations. Development ac-
tivities are guided by a Policy Board which represents the Indian
community of the Pacific Northwest. The Pacific Northwest Indian
Reading and Language Development Program Policy Board members
are:

« Warren Clements — Warm Springs
Chairman

* Morrie Jimenez — Klamath

¢ Joan Kennerly — Blackfeet

» Walter Moffett — Nez Perce

« Emmett Oliver — Quinault

* Bob Parsley — Chippewa

* Lloyd Smith — Warm Springs

* Max Snow

+ Jeanne Thomas — Yakima




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Moral:

At times people try te talk you into doing something
before you know the reason.

Think before you let someone talk you
into doing something.