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Comparison of Corriedale x Navajo and Romney x Navajo crosses.

Navajo Windtalkers

Using Navajo for cryptography is a very powerful tool due to the complex nature of the language. Up until the 1930’s The Navajo Languages had remained unwritten. It was not until 1939 that a standardized alphabet was created. The language also did not have any symbols. In Navajo, only four vowels exist: A, E, I, O, but each of these can have up to 10 different intonations. A word could change i...

Diabetes in Navajo Youth

OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence and incidence of diabetes, clinical characteristics, and risk factors for chronic complications among Navajo youth, using data collected by the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study (SEARCH study). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS The SEARCH study identified all prevalent cases of diabetes in 2001 and all incident cases in 2002-2005 among Navajo youth. We estimate...

The health of Navajo women: findings from the Navajo Health and Nutrition Survey, 1991-1992.

Cancer-screening behaviors, reproductive history, risk behaviors during pregnancy and chronic disease risk factors were examined in a representative sample of 566 Navajo women residing on the Navajo Reservation in 1991-1992. Among all women 15 y and older, 59% were overweight, 4% were current smokers, 10% currently used smokeless tobacco and 12% were anemic. Seventy-one percent of Navajo women ...

Strong Navajo marriages.

The purpose of this qualitative study, conducted in two Navajo Nation chapters, was to learn what makes Navajo marriages strong because no research has been done on this topic. Twenty-one Navajo couples (42 individuals) who felt they had strong marriages volunteered to participate in the study. Couples identified the following marital strengths: (1) maintain communication, (2) nurture your rela...