This article examines the 2014 Navajo Nation presidential primary election and language debate as a window into the politics of Navajo heritage language and identity. Using Facebook posts written in response to a videotaped hearing testing the fluency of one of the candidates that subsequently went viral, we analyse social citizenship and stigmatized language identities through the lens of critical Diné (Navajo) language consciousness. Focusing on generational differences between speaker groups that undergirded this debate, we analyse (a) the fluency test itself and (b) online and ethnographic responses to the fluency test. Using discourse analysis of Facebook posts of both heritage language and new Navajo speakers, we show how new speakers in particular express investment in their language and Diné cultural continuity and, through their emphasis on the heterogeneity of contemporary Diné communicative practices, offer an alternative template for ways to move forward in Diné language reclamation efforts.

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“领导权”：纳瓦霍语，公民身份和迪内总统政治

本文考察了2014年纳瓦霍民族总统大选和语言辩论，以此作为了解纳瓦霍传统语言和身份政治的窗口。我们使用Facebook的帖子来回应录像带听力测试一名候选人的流利性，这些候选人随后流传了病毒，我们通过关键的迪涅（Navajo）语言意识的镜头分析了社会公民身份和污名化的语言身份。着眼于引起这场辩论的演讲者群体之间的代际差异，我们分析了（a）流利测试本身以及（b）对流利测试的在线和人种学反应。通过对使用传统语言和Navajo演讲者的Facebook帖子进行语篇分析，我们展示了特别是新演讲者如何表达其语言和Diné文化连续性的投资，以及