Read the Following Excerpt from Look Through Our Window: the Value

Short Answer

Read the following excerpt from Look through Our Window: The Value of Indian Culture by Marge Anderson, Chief Executive of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe. What persuasive strategies does Chief Anderson use in this section? (Chief Anderson addressed members of the St. Thomas University Alumni Association.)
Now, I'm sure at least a few of you are wondering, "Why do I need to hear these [Indian] stories? Why should I care about what Indian people think, and feel, and believe?" I think the most eloquent answer I can give you comes from the namesake for this university, St. Thomas Aquinas. St. Thomas wrote that dialogue is the struggle to learn from each other. This struggle, he said, is like Jacob wrestling the angel-it leaves one wounded and blessed at the same time.