Inventing the Thrifty Gene: The Science of Settler Colonialism

Inventing the Thrifty Gene: The Science of Settler ColonialismThough First Nations communities in Canada have historically lacked access to clean water, affordable food, and equitable health care, they have never lacked access to well funded scientists seeking to study them. Inventing the Thrifty Gene examines the relationship between science and settler colonialism through the lens of Aboriginal diabetes and the thrifty gene hypothesis, which posits that Indigenous peoples are genetically predisposed to type 2

the study of astronomy

making When Two Feathers Fell from the Sky an unforgettable and irresistible tale of exotic animals

"Life sometimes is hard

some draped in the American flag

beginning with the Spanish invasion under Christopher Columbus and ending with the Six Nations land reclamation in Ontario in 2006

woven with grace

explaining how they met

Josh learns to fly back through time

"The stories stand the test of time

deforestation

compares varieties of the Ojibwe language and establishes subdialect groupings for Southwestern Ojibwe

for one bear