SUBMISSIONS

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS FOR THE NEXT ISSUE IS APRIL 8
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GUIDE TO SUBMITTING TO IPJ

Beginning with the Spring 09 issue, the interdisciplinary Indigenous Policy Journal will be peer-reviewed and will be changing its format. We will be using a single-blind review process; wherever possible, we will have at least one community-based reviewer.

The existing Articles and Dialog sections will remain, and we are working toward having the other sections included in a listserv (with H-net, or a related service). In the future, we may include "Research Notes," and "Review Essay" sections in the journal. We welcome your suggestions for the journal and the listserv as we move into this new peer-reviewed status.

In keeping with the past practices of the Indigenous Policy Journal, we are most interested in receiving papers (3,000 to 6,000 words) that reflect a strong community focus. While we certainly encourage papers from academics, we also encourage submissions from writers and researchers who may work outside of the university setting. We hope the papers included in the IPJ will reflect the interests, perspectives, and backgrounds of an ever-expanding global community of scholars deeply committed to an understanding of, and a commitment to, the issues facing Indigenous communities.

Please send all submissions, as an email attachment, to Phil Bellfy at <bellfy@msu.edu>.

If you send writings in Word format, we know we can work with them. We can translate some, but not all other formats into Word. If you use any tables in a submission, please send them as separate files; it is easier to work with them that way. Some other format/style things are helpful to us, and appreciated, but not an absolute requirement. For example, as we publish in 12-point New Times Roman font, with single spacing, and a space between paragraphs, it saves us work if we receive writings that way. Also, it is helpful if you do not use the “full justification” feature of your word processor; simple “left justification” is what we work with. For the more formal articles that you submit, we prefer that you follow the Chicago Style for endnotes, etc. Chi-miigwetch (many thanks).