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Sociology and Anthropology Vol. 5(10), pp. 841 - 861
DOI: 10.13189/sa.2017.051005
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The Bitter Navajo Language Fluency 2014 Presidential Election Conflict
Larry Roland Stucki, Ph.D. *
Reading Area Community College, Reading, PA, USA
ABSTRACT
The controversial ouster of one of the younger generation's otherwise extremely qualified presidential candidates because he refused to show Navajo language fluency when running for president of the tribe illustrates the dispute between these growing numbers of educated Navajos for whom Navajo is no longer their primary language but who still seek tribal offices and their opponents. Reasons why the opponents seem to be losing this battle are examined and what must be done to give them any hope of reversing this 'death' spiral. (A revised version of a paper delivered on April 1, 2016 at the 76th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology held in Vancouver, British Columbia, March 29 - April 2, 2016).
KEYWORDS
Navajo, Dying Native Language, Cultural Loss, Generational Conflict, Tribal Sovereignty, Ultra-adaptability, Institutional Completeness, Bears Ears National Monument
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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Larry Roland Stucki, Ph.D. , "The Bitter Navajo Language Fluency 2014 Presidential Election Conflict," Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 5, No. 10, pp. 841 - 861, 2017. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2017.051005.
(b). APA Format:
Larry Roland Stucki, Ph.D. (2017). The Bitter Navajo Language Fluency 2014 Presidential Election Conflict. Sociology and Anthropology, 5(10), 841 - 861. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2017.051005.