DCHP-1 Online

coyote French West, Slang, Derog.

• 1 a person of mixed Indian and European, especially French, parentage; half-breed.

  See also: Metis  

  • 1963  [They] referred to them [métis] as the "breeds" and the "coyote French."

• 2 a mixture of Canadian French, Cree and, sometimes English spoken by the Métis of the older generation.

  • 1953  "Did you use spurs on those bronc?" his father called in his excitable Coyote French.