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Trujillo, Octaviana V. – 1997
The language competency of members of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe encompasses, to varying degrees, the Yaqui language as well as community dialects of Spanish and English. This unique trilingual pattern has been functional for survival needs but has also been a barrier to educational achievement where competency in standard forms of Spanish and English…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian History, American Indian Languages, Bilingual Education