Elements of Indigenous Style : A Guide for Writing by and about Indigenous Peoples

Gregory Younging

ISBN 10: 1550599453 / ISBN 13: 9781550599459

Published by Brush Education Jan 2025, 2025

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Neuware - Cited in the Chicago Manual of Style The groundbreaking Indigenous style guide every writer needs A new editorial team continues the paradigm-shifting conversation started by the late Gregory Younging in his foundational Elements of Indigenous Style. Trusted by writers, editors, publishers, researchers, scholars, journalists, and communications professionals around the world, the second edition of Elements continues to offer crucial guidance to everyone who works with words on how to accurately, collaboratively, and ethically participate in projects involving Indigenous Peoples. This second conversation updates and annotates Younging's twenty-two succinct style principles and recommendations to reflect up-to-date, Indigenous-led best practices. The new edition also includes: - Advice on culturally appropriate writing and publishing practices, and guidance on specific editorial issues such as spelling and terminology. - Five new chapters covering author-editor relationships, identity and community affiliation, Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer identities, Indigenous citation practices, sensitivity reading, the representation of Indigenous languages and oral narratives in print, emerging issues in the digital world, and more. - Examples of projects and institutions that demonstrate best practices. - An expanded table of contents and full index for easy navigation.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Elements of Indigenous Style : A Guide for Writing by and about Indigenous Peoples
• Publisher: Brush Education Jan 2025
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1550599453
• ISBN 13: 9781550599459
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 187W x 139H x 17D millimeters 187 millimeters width by 139 millimeters height by 17 millimeters depth
• Weight: 292 grams

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Synopsis

The groundbreaking Indigenous style guide every writer needs The first published guide to common questions and issues of Indigenous style and process for those who work in words and other media is back in an updated new edition. This trusted resource offers crucial guidance to anyone who works in words or other media on how to work accurately, collaboratively, and ethically on projects involving Indigenous Peoples. Editor Warren Cariou (Métis) and contributing editors Jordan Abel (Nisga'a), Lorena Fontaine (Cree-Anishinaabe), and Deanna Reder (Cree-Métis) continue the conversation started by the late Gregory Younging in his foundational first edition. This second conversation reflects changes in the publishing industry, Indigenous-led best practices, and society at large, including new chapters on author-editor relationships, identity and community affiliation, Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer identities, sensitivity reading, emerging issues in the digital world, and more. This guide features: Twenty-two succinct style principles. Advice on culturally appropriate publishing practices, including how to collaborate with Indigenous Peoples, when and how to seek the advice of Elders, and how to respect Indigenous Oral Traditions and Traditional Knowledge. Terminology to use and to avoid. Advice on specific editing issues, such as biased language, capitalization, citation, accurately representing Indigenous languages, and quoting from historical sources and archives. Examples of projects that illustrate best practices.

About the Author

Gregory Younging, Opaskwayak Cree Nation, was the publisher of Theytus Books, the first Indigenous-owned publishing house in Canada. Elements of Indigenous Style began as the house style Gregory developed at Theytus. Gregory also taught in the Indigenous Studies Program of the University of British Columbia, Okanagan, and he served as assistant director of research to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. Warren Cariou is a writer, scholar, and artist of M tis and European heritage based at the University of Manitoba. He has edited numerous books and anthologies of Indigenous Literature, and he is the general editor of the First Voices, First Text series at the University of Manitoba Press. He has published works of fiction, criticism, and memoir about Indigenous cultures and environmental issues, and his photography examines oil extraction activities in Treaty 8 territory.