![]() The Editors' Weekly, official blog of Canada's national editorial associationĪs a good style guide should, Elements of Indigenous Style provides answers for common and uncommon questions editors, publishers, and writer might have. These principles are clear and useful for writers, editors and publishers, as well as enlightening for readers. Cherie Dimaline, author and winner of the Governor General’s Literary Award And we are all invited to share, discuss, add to, and cultivate this important work. At the same time, Younging manages to write both solid and grounded guidelines while leaving malleability in the architecture so that the ideas can grow and evolve. Younging’s work clears the ground, drafts the blueprints and starts the framing out on the house that we need for our stories. Duncan McCue, CBC Radio Host and author of The Shoe BoyĮlements of Indigenous Style is a beautiful beginning, a gathering place and a cultivator of both discussion and growth. Reach for this essential Indigenous style guide, not only when searching for the right word, but when seeking guidance on the importance of relationships and trust. Now, writers, academics, journalists, publishers, and students can breathe a sigh of relief. ![]() Style is fraught with politics, especially when writing about Indigenous Peoples. Culturally appropriate publishing practices for Indigenous authors and contentĪppendix A: Summary of Indigenous style principlesĪppendix B: Draft principles of the Indigenous Editors CircleĪppendix C: Compilations of names of Indigenous PeoplesĪppendix D: Gnaritas Nullius (No One’s Knowledge): the Essence of Traditional Knowledge and Its Colonization through Western Legal Regimes, by Gregory Younging The cultural rights of Indigenous Peoplesĥ. ![]() Contemporary Indigenous cultural realitiesĤ. A history of the portrayal of Indigenous Peoples in literatureģ.
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