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Native Governance Center
Native Governance Center Style Guide
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- Indigenous Use
“Refer to the people we serve as: Native people, Native, or Indigenous. Use American Indian or Indian when requested by a particular interview subject or when quoting another work.”
— p. 6, The People and Nations We Serve
- Indigenous Use
“Indigenous style uses capitals where conventional style does not. It is a deliberate decision that redresses mainstream society's history of regarding Indigenous peoples as having no legitimate national identities; governmental, social, spiritual, or religious institutions; or collective rights.”
— Opening framing, quoting Elements of Indigenous Style (Younging 2018)
- Latinx Use
“Capitalize other racial and ethnic identifiers, such as Asian and Latinx. Refer to individuals by their individual racial/ethnic/cultural/political identifier, rather than using BIPOC, whenever possible.”
— p. 4, References to Racial, Ethnic, Cultural (and Political) Groups
- Black Use
“DO capitalize the names of racial, ethnic, cultural (and for Native folks, political) identifiers: Capitalize Black. Capitalize Indigenous, Native, and American Indian. Capitalize other racial and ethnic identifiers, such as Asian and Latinx. … DO NOT capitalize the word white.”
— p. 4, References to Racial, Ethnic, Cultural (and Political) Groups
- Asian American Use
“Capitalize other racial and ethnic identifiers, such as Asian and Latinx.”
— p. 4, References to Racial, Ethnic, Cultural (and Political) Groups
- BIPOC Use with care
“Use Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) rather than People of Color (POC) if referring to a group that includes Black and/or Indigenous folks. Refer to individuals by their individual racial/ethnic/cultural/political identifier, rather than using BIPOC, whenever possible. Example, 'Natalia is a Latinx small business owner,' rather than, 'Natalia is a BIPOC small business owner.'”
— p. 4, References to Racial, Ethnic, Cultural (and Political) Groups
- white Use
“DO NOT capitalize the word white.”
— p. 4, References to Racial, Ethnic, Cultural (and Political) Groups
- people of color Non-preferred
“Use Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) rather than People of Color (POC) if referring to a group that includes Black and/or Indigenous folks. Refer to individuals by their individual racial/ethnic/cultural/political identifier, rather than using BIPOC, whenever possible.”
— p. 4, References to Racial, Ethnic, Cultural (and Political) Groups