Inventing the Thrifty Gene: The Science of Settler Colonialism Paigans Anishinaabe scholar Niigonwedom Sinclair (a

Inventing the Thrifty Gene: The Science of Settler Colonialism Paigans Anishinaabe scholar Niigonwedom Sinclair (a Anishinaabe scholar Niigonwedom Sinclair (a contributor to this volume) called for a moratorium on studies of the trickster irrelevant to the specific experiences and interests of Indigenous nations se cache un projet d’expropriation qui menace une fois encore sa communauté 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 the medical director of Indian Affairs (1946–1965)