Coyote Bites Back:
Indian Humor

© 1999 Smithsonian Institution

This radio program is based on a 1988 exhibition, Coyote Bites Back, shown at the NMAI’s George Gustav Heye Center in New York City. This half-hour program is hosted by Muriel Miguel (Kuna/Rappahannock) and brings together comedian Drew Lacapa (Apache/Hopi/Tewa), Jim Northrup (Fond du Lac Ojibwe), and artists whose works appeared in the exhibition. The program addresses the question, “What makes something funny to you?,” and works to dispel the myth that Native Americans are humorless.