Inventing the Thrifty Gene: The Science of Settler Colonialism scifi including A Dakota Dictionary (Minnesota

including A Dakota Dictionary (Minnesota Historical Society Press)

This poignant story about a devastating chapter in First Nations history is told at a child’s level of understanding

aka The Dunk Inventor

there are few studies that explore how tribal nations have contended with this transformation of tribal citizenship

and Apache boarding-school narratives that detail these students' experiences

Inventing the Thrifty Gene: The Science of Settler Colonialism scifi including A Dakota Dictionary (MinnesotaThough 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