Review Of A New National Park To Reclaim Indigenous Land By Tracie Revis

Abigail Butler Human Communications 4.11.24

The speech, A New National Park to Reclaim Indigenous Land, given by Tracie Revis on TED Talks, utilizes many different means of communication to aid the audience in understanding the message Revis is trying to convey. The message being shared by Revis is the need for the establishment of national parks on these native grounds. Tracie Revis has a large familial background of indigenous ancestors. Revis’ family raised her by teaching her cultural practices that had once been performed by her late ancestors. After her ancestors were removed from their native lands, they continued to establish a need for the possession of their native lands. Once fully matured, Revis decided to fight for the rights

On the other hand, nonverbal communication involves any type of communication that does not require the use of spoken words or sounds. Nonverbal communication includes gestures and facial expressions, whereas verbal communication includes verbal and linguistic cues/ commands. The speaker used framing in order to communicate some nonverbal cues to the audience. Revis used framing to indicate when something she shared with the audience was positive or negative. Since the audience may have been unfamiliar with this information, by smiling or frowning before the delivery of a sentence Revis was coaxing the audience to interpret the information in the way she had indicated facially. Tracie Revis uses the uncertainty reduction theory to her advantage when she talks to her audience (Beauchamp, S. R., & Baran, S. J., pg. 129). The aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid aforesaid afor Knowing that some people would be hesitant to side with Revis, she provides the listeners with other reasons to help their rationale. Revis explains that the indigenous people respected the lands, and inhabited them

As Revis stated in her speech, she “. . . still has not escaped the impact of this trauma” caused by the forced removal of indigenous people including her own parents and grandparents (TED Talks, Tracie Revis, 3:16). At events I have previously attended, they use communication theories and both verbal and nonverbal cues to enhance their speech. Firstly, when using verbal communication, speakers use the theory of metaphor to allow the listeners to comprehend more complex ideas. The first time I sat through a lecture about indigenous people, I was very young. I could not understand what forced removal was, but by using the theory of metaphor, I could understand how upsetting it would be if my family and I were removed from our house and relocated to a random state. The theory of metaphor is applicable only when you deliver the metaphor to a speech community. My speech community at the time were my peers and I, who all spoke and understood the same language and grammar rules. Again, I have also witnessed many attempts at nonverbal cuing during these indigenous education lectures. As previously stated, the uncertainty