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Real Thirsty Coyote Stories

Bill and Susie, on the legends you grow up on

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Susie Bright
Nov 11, 2025
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Today I’m going to tell you some of the Coyote stories I grew up with, that I learned from my mother and father and all the aunties and uncles who hung out a certain time in a certain place.

Most of them are from Klamath River country in far northern California, and what is now called Humboldt and Siskiyou counties.

Violet Super, Vina Smith, and Bill Bright recording and transcribing in Karuk, 2004, Orleans, California.
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