Inventing the Thrifty Gene TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction: Underserviced and Over-Studied
Ch 1: On the Origins of Thrifty Genes: Charles Darwin and The H.M.S. Beagle
Ch 2: ‘The Operation of Being Civilized’: Sir Francis Bond Head the Foundations of Federal Indian Policy
Ch 3: Studied to Death: Chief Medical Officers and the Scientization of Federal Indian Policy
Ch 4: The Marrow Thief: James V. Neel and the Invention of the Thrifty Gene
Ch 5: Chief Josias Fiddler: Remembering the Hunger Strike of ’88
Ch 6: The 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, by Teri Redsky Fiddler