Two Native American professors living in Kansas say Type 2 diabetes has ravaged their race for so many years they felt compelled to help spread information and hope for those battling the disease.
Rhonda LeValdo and Teresa Trumbly Lamsam said they hope the Native American tradition of storytelling will help combat the spread among Native Americans of Type 2 diabetes, a chronic blood-sugar disease often triggered by obesity.
“It seemed inevitable,” said Lamsam, 50, a visiting journalism professor at The University of Kansas who grew up on an Osage reservation in Pawhuska, Okla. “You’re going to get older. You’re going to get diabetes because you’re Indian. When I saw complications, I used to think, ‘I wonder how long before they lose their feet?’ Amputations were so common.”
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Two Native American professors living in Kansas say Type 2 diabetes has ravaged their race for so many years they felt compelled to help spread information and hope for those battling the disease.