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...tes that is causing many deaths and the fear of Diabetes itself. Diabetes is most common with Anglos and that is why so many Pima Indians have it. The Pima are the most studied people in the medical and physical world because of all of the people who have it. Pimas are twelve times more likely to have a death or amputation because of it. When: In 1965, scientists discovered that diabetes was common among Anglos. . . particularly the Pima Indians. Diabetes was rare in the 1950’s and to find this big of a ‘living lab’ would be great so they ran simple blood tests on the Indians Where: The Pima Indians live on a reservation in Arizona called the Gila River Reservation. A reservation is a piece of Indian land that no non-Indians can use. The land is set aside for the Indians and guarunteed to them. Why:...