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  The Native American people were very expressive through their music. R. Carlos Nakai, of   Navajo-Ute heritage, is a world  premier Native american flutist. He does cross-cultural collaborations with different artists with many different people from Japan, Tibet, and more. This has made him sell more than 4.3 million albums for Canyon Records. S hamans  and other members of the tribe may experience dreams/visions were spirits will teach them new songs, dances, and rituals.                                                           Changes cover     Talisman cover Britannica  

   The rates of diagnosing Type 2 Diabetes in Native Americans that are younger than 35 has doubled from 1994-2004. For some reason Native Americans are twice as likely to develop type 2 diabetes than non-Hispanic whites.  “ A number of potentially modifiable factors, including obesity, dietary composition, and physical inactivity, are thought to contribute to the progression from genetic susceptibility to NIDDM (Saad et al., 1988; Tuomilehto et al., 1992; Knowler et al., 1995). ” This  show that the environment, activity levels, obesity, and genetics all come into play when looking at why the numbers are so high.     In 1940 diabetes was un heard of for Native Americans but after World War II it became the most prevalent chronic diseases among their community. They have found a link to Type 2 Diabetes by seeing some genetic markers on the 4q and 7q chromosomes. This means that there is proof that genetics can give you a genetic predisposition to getting ...