Metepenagiag Mi Kmaq Nation By Noah Augustine

Noah Augustine, former chief of Metepenagiag Mi'kmaq Nation, delivered a great essay on how culturally and morally ridiculous, it is to use Native symbols for sports team logos. He effectively talked about how offensive it really is to make ridicule of cultural symbols by using facts and real-life events. He is also helped by the use of analogy, diction and rhetorical questions to achieve this.
Augustine, impressively used an analogy to persuade a wide range of readers as he makes a connection between other cultures and how they would feel if they were put in the same shoes as the Natives were in. He goes on to say,
“Nonetheless, for me, as an Aboriginal person, the use of these religious symbols and caricatures of Indian chiefs or spiritual

It just makes us, as the readers feel a certain emotional connection to the subject. Later on, Augustine further uses analogy and yet again makes a connection with the readers as he relates the multi-million-dollar industry’s influence on sports, every single person reading this essay has been influenced by money one way or another and to talk about how money connects everything in a brief way, Augustine touches a nerve. He says, “The root of this issue is the trademark business,” “Money makes the world go ‘round, court actions can change that. Perhaps someday, respect will have a greater value than the almighty dollar.”
As efficiently as Augustine handles analogy, he also has a great control over the use of diction too. His word choice lures the reader into reading the essay itself. Like in the beginning, he opens the essay up with,
“Last Thursday evening, I watched rather helplessly as nine Indians were thrashed and battered about by just as many men in blue and white uniforms. Normally, I would have done something about it-called for backup, at least. Instead,

Later, he again uses diction as he talks about dreams, aspiration, and sacrifice, “With dreams and aspirations comes sacrifice. It is admirable for sacrifice to be recognized as hard work and dedication, but let it not be admirable to accept tolerance of racism as just one more sacrifice.” Here he uses the beauty of language and big, important words to make a point of how sacrifice can be recognized as hard work, but at the same time should not tolerate racism.
Augustine proves his knowledge of both analogy and diction. But he also shows great use of rhetorical questions to prove his point. He talks about the way a young
American grade 8 student thinks and how education is to be accused on the way the student thinks. Augustine only wants us to acknowledge the fact that the education system is indeed a very effective tool to fight against racism rather than fuel it. He asks us the question, “Is the education system the most effective tool we have in our fight against racism?” later on in the essay Augustine reaches forward to seek rhetorical question’s help again, as he says, “But what honor lies in ridicule and mockery? Here he refers to a 1998 Washington Post sports, headline, reading: “Cowboys finish