in the south west native american folklore/belief/mythos, the coyote has allways ben known as the trickster.
name thier only plane after him. a more believable name would, to me,be something like the Scout or the Brave.
I agree with Grant, if they fly the Coyote, honoring him in name, then perhaps they feel that he will be playing the nasty tricks on their enemies. Maybe they even take HIS role against their enemies.
or the Navaho, when after appropriating it, they left it named so.
to the Apache, the fool had no honour.
whenever they told a story about him, they would say, "now, we have been speaking of fruit".
to throw the foolish ones spirit off into thinking he was not being made fun of.