Inventing the Thrifty Gene: The Science of Settler Colonialism scifi cares for her brood in

cares for her brood in the embrace of a black cottonwood with the help of her mate

Honoring indigenous traditions

As Villanueva writes

aka The Dunk Inventor

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

Inventing the Thrifty Gene: The Science of Settler Colonialism scifi cares for her brood inThough 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