Inventing the Thrifty Gene: The Science of Settler Colonialism Tłı̨chǫ to build other kinds of

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Inventing the Thrifty Gene exposes the exploitative nature of settler science with Indigenous subjects

Charlotte Coté shares contemporary Nuu-chah-nulth practices of traditional food revitalization in the context of broader efforts to re-Indigenize contemporary diets on the Northwest Coast

She finds surprising common ground while exploring indigenous experience in multifaceted ways: personal

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Inventing the Thrifty Gene: The Science of Settler Colonialism Tłı̨chǫ to build other kinds ofThough 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