In concluding his essay, Shakley asks, “So why are Native Americans still fair game?” (His choice of metaphors here is surely not accidental: he is arguing, of course, that American culture is...

In concluding his essay, Shakley asks, “So why are Native Americans still fair game?” (His choice of metaphors here is surely not accidental: he is arguing, of course, that American culture is treating Native Americans as prey much as the American government and white settlers did during the nineteenth century in particular.) Write an essay in which you seek to respond to Shakley’s question. As he notes, we cannot imagine naming a sports team after some other ethnic group or keeping such a name at this point in the history of American culture. Why should Native Americans be an exception? Depending on the way you approach this assignment, you may find yourself creating an argument that focuses largely on issues of definition or evaluation or a causal argument. (See Chapters 9, 10, and 11, respectively, for information on these three categories of argument.) Note that this assignment does not require that you state your own position with respect to this topic; however, you may wish to do so if doing so would be helpful to you.