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

Gregory Younging

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

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

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

Gregory Younging

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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.

Critical Reviews

Indigenous academia's brightest minds are picking up where Gregory Younging left off. Elements of Indigenous Style remains essential reading for anyone involved in publishing or broadcasting Indigenous stories. - Tanya Talaga, author, journalist, Member of Fort William First Nation

As an author, I feel both comforted and empowered that this new edition exists. - Waubgeshig Rice, author of Moon of the Turning Leaves, Member of Wasauksing First Nation

Elements of Indigenous Style is an invaluable resource to journalists across the country. Its principles have helped shape The Globe and Mail's evolving style. - Iain Boekhoff, Head of Editing at The Globe and Mail

An already integral book made even more relevant and insightful. This new edition continues to teach us about the work still needed to indigenize publishing and literary practices. - Billy-Ray Belcourt, author of Coexistence, Member of Driftpile Cree Nation

Elements of Indigenous Style is the key text guiding ongoing discussions surrounding accurate and ethically sound writing in relation with Indigenous Peoples. - John Borrows, Loveland Chair in Indigenous Law, University of Toronto Faculty of Law

We lost Greg Younging's voice far too soon. Fortunately, he left us an essential text to guide our ongoing conversations about writing. In this new edition, the contributors honour his vision with critical updates. The elements of Indigenous style necessarily shift and sometimes transform, but this book remains a resource you'll reach for over and over again. - Duncan McCue, author of Decolonizing Journalism: A Guide to Reporting in Indigenous Communities

Publishing Information

Publisher: Brush Education
Pub date: 2025-01-13
Length: 256 pages

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