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• Title:Inventing the thrifty gene : the science of settler colonialism / Travis Hay ; with an afterword by Teri Redsky Fiddler.
  
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• Author/Creator:Hay, Travis, author.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Fiddler, Teri Redsky, writer of afterword.
  Xwi7xwa Collection.
  
• Published/Created:Winnipeg, Manitoba : University of Manitoba Press, [2021]
  ©2021
  

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  • Location:XWI7XWA LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: SA H39 N94 2021
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• FNHL (Xwi7xwa) Subjects:Indigenous Peoples--Health--Study and teaching
  Indigenous Peoples--Health--Government policy
  Anishinabe--Health services--History--Ontario
  Anishinabe--Health--Ontario
  
• Library of Congress Subjects: Indigenous peoples--Canada--Public opinion.
  Indigenous peoples--Research--Canada--History.
  Science--Social aspects--Canada--History.
  Indigenous peoples--Canada--Social conditions.
  Settler colonialism--Canada--History.
  Scientific racism--Canada--History.
  
• Medical Subjects: Biomedical Research--history.
  
• Description:196 pages ; 23 cm
  
• Summary:"Though First Nations communities in Canada have historically lacked access to clean water, affordable food, and equitable healthcare, 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-II diabetes and obesity due to their alleged hunter-gatherer genes. Hay's study begins with Charles Darwin's travels and his observations on the Indigenous peoples he encountered to set the context for Canadian histories of medicine and colonialism, which are rooted in Victorian science and empire. It continues in the mid-twentieth century with a look at nutritional experimentation during the long career of Percy Moore, the medical director of Indian Affairs (1946-1965). Hay then turns to James Neel's invention of the thrifty gene hypothesis in 1962 and Robert Hegele's reinvention and application of the hypothesis to Sandy Lake First Nation in northern Ontario in the 1990s. Finally, Hay demonstrates the way in which settler colonial science was responded to and resisted by Indigenous leadership in Sandy Lake First Nation, who used monies from the thrifty gene study to fund wellness programs in their community."-- Provided by publisher.
  
• Additional formats:Issued also in electronic formats.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-187) and index.
  
• ISBN:9780887559402 (hardcover)
  9780887559341 (paperback)
  0887559409 (hardcover)
  0887559344 (paperback)
  9780887559389 pdf
  9780887559365 epub
  
• Contents:Introduction: Underserviced and Overstudied
  On the Origins of Thrifty Genes: Charles Darwin and the HMS Beagle
  The Operation of Being Civilized: Sir Francis Bond Head and the Foundation of Federal Indian Policy
  Studied to Death: Chief Medical Officers and the Scientization of Federal Indian Policy
  The Marrow Thief: James v. Neel and the Invention of the Thrifty Gene
  Chief Josias Fiddler: Remembering the Hunger Strike of '88
  Return of the Thrifty Gene: From the DNA Deal to Its Curious Afterlife
  Conclusion:
  The Grandfather Rocks of Josias Fiddler
  Afterword: Josias Fiddler's Life and Legacy / Teri Redsky Fiddler.