OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Creighton University has been awarded a $207,000 grant to study whether traditional Talking Circles help American Indians on Nebraska and South Dakota reservations address their diabetes.

The university says Talking Circles are similar to modern therapy groups and could help American Indians better self-manage their diabetes. American Indians have the highest diabetes death rate of any ethnic group in Nebraska and South Dakota.

Staff with Creighton's School of Nursing will work with health care providers at the Omaha Tribe's reservation in Macy and the Rosebud Sioux Tribe's reservation in Rosebud, S.D. A total of 40 tribe members will be included in the two-year study.

The grant money came from the National Institutes of Health.