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Yaqui

Yaqui

1 9.9
Relating to the native people and their culture in northern Mexico and Arizona
  • adjective
  • /ˈjɑːki/
translation icon : yaqui
  • The festival celebrated Yaqui traditions, showcasing music, dance, and food from the region.
  • Yaqui Indian
  • Mexican-American or Yaqui
  • American and Yaqui

Examples

  • (1) Failure to provide bilingual instruction which takes into account the special education needs of Mexican-American and Yaqui Indian students;

    Academic text (1994)
  • In this case, the plaintiffs requested, in part, that hiring practices be adjusted in order to increase the percentage of Mexican-American and Yaqui Indian teachers, and that bilingual education be offered in all subjects.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Later on, Faith's mother would tell me these may have been Yaqui words, a Yaqui incantation.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • For example, were there sufficient numbers of bilingual, Mexican-American, or Yaqui Indian arts education faculty available for hire by the Tempe Schools?

    Academic text (1994)
  • With Good Heart: Yaqui Beliefs and Ceremonies in Parcua Village Painter. (T. R. McGuire) 11(4):343.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Were these minority faculty members the best qualified to offer instruction in the artistic traditions of Mexican, Mexican-American, and/or Yaqui Indian cultures? Did they have the assumed expertise?

    Academic text (1994)
  • (2) Failure to hire enough teachers of Mexican-American or Yaqui Indian descent who can adequately teach bilingual courses and effectively relate to the educational and cultural needs of appellants.

    Academic text (1994)
  • In Guadalupe Organization v. Tempe, elementary schoolchildren of Mexican-American or Yaqui Indian descent sued an elementary school district so that the district would provide non-English speaking students with bilingual-bicultural education.

    Academic text (1994)
  • The children learned about Yaqui culture during their field trip to the museum.

  • Her research focused on Yaqui history and the impact of colonization on their community.

Surface Forms

Yaqui positive

Etymology

Yaqui comes from the name of the people who live by the Yaqui River in northern Mexico. Spanish used that name and English borrowed it, so Yaqui describes things connected to that people, their 'language', or their 'region'.