Elements of Indigenous style : a guide for writing by and about Indigenous Peoples / Gregory Younging.

"Elements of Indigenous Style provides guidelines to help writers, editors, and publishers produce material that reflects Indigenous people in an appropriate and respectful manner. Gregory Younging, a member of the Opaskwayak Cree Nation in Northern Manitoba, has been the managing editor of The...

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Main Author: Younging, Gregory (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [Edmonton, Alberta] : Brush Education, [2018]
Series:Indigenous Collection.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. Why an Indigenous style guide?
  • 2. A history of the portrayal of Indigenous peoples in literature
  • 3. Contemporary Indigenous cultural realities
  • 4. The cultural rights of Indigenous peoples
  • 5. Culturally appropriate publishing practices for Indigenous authors and content
  • 6. Terminology
  • 7. Specific editorial issues
  • Appendix A. Summary of Indigenous style principles
  • Appendix B. Draft principles of the Indigenous Editors Circle
  • Appendix C. Compilations of names of Indigenous peoples
  • Appendix D. Gnaritas nullius (no one's knowledge): The essence of traditional knowledge and its colonization through western legal regimes / by Gregory Yonging.