Inventing the Thrifty Gene: The Science of Settler Colonialism Social Issues The Reconciliation Manifesto

The Reconciliation Manifesto

and treaties

and his two oldest friends

the UN Champion of the Earth Award

Inventing the Thrifty Gene: The Science of Settler Colonialism Social Issues The Reconciliation ManifestoInventing 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 II diabetes and obesity due to their alleged hunter gatherer genes. Travis Hay and Theresa (Teri) Redsky Fiddler, an Anishinabe Elder originally from Big Grassy and Shoal Lake First Nation, and an educator, advocate,