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mrsswannee posted on Tue, Mar 24 2009 2:30 PM

Hi guys, I'm a reporter for the Navajo Times in Chinle, Ariz. I've been trying to find figures on the number of blind folks (diabetes-related or not, although around here most blindness is diabetes-related) on the Navajo reservation, or, failing that, the percentage of blindness among Native Americans. I've tried the tribe's disabilities people and the National Federation for the Blind, and just Googling "blindness + Navajo" and nobody seems to have that data. It seems like it ought to exist somewhere! Any ideas?

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Spirit replied on Tue, Mar 24 2009 3:16 PM

Have you tried the local chapter of the American Diabetes Association? 

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kat replied on Wed, Mar 25 2009 10:11 AM

Have you tried posing your question to a reference librarian, especially one at an academic institution or at a medical library?  I've found reference librarians to be great resources who will dig and dig until they find your answer.

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Scribe replied on Wed, Mar 25 2009 10:40 AM

try the indian health service .... http://www.ihs.gov/index.cfm?module=About

also ... the national library of medicine might be helpful ... http://americanindianhealth.nlm.nih.gov/

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