Explain what the author means in saying that “Creating a cartography of coyote space is an act of resistance” (Alvitre 45).

Coyote Tours” by Cindi Moar Alvitre, from LAtitudes
Assignment: Write a well-developed one-paragraph response to “Coyote Tours” that takes a closer look at a key concept in the text.
Details: Please choose ONE of the following questions to explore in your response:
Explain what the author means in saying that “Creating a cartography of coyote space is an act of resistance” (Alvitre 45). In what way? What is “coyote space”? Consider how this “cartography” might subvert dominant narratives.
Alvitre writes, “Yaangna may be buried beneath a gentrified LA, but somehow its soul continues to travel through the city” (47). How does the “soul” or history of a place continue to exist even after it has been seemingly erased? How can landscape reflect history?
Alvitre writes, “Our elders define their very identity by environmental markers” (46). How does environment influence identity (of the people or of the place itself)? What sort of “identity” do the plants and trees of Los Angeles create?
How do you think “European intrusion” (Alvitre 44) has affected both the native people and the native plants of Los Angeles? How is Los Angeles shaped by both the native and the nonnative?
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