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    Navajo council buys eyeglasses for 9,000 schoolchildren

    Window Rock, Arizona (AP)

    The Navajo Nation's Tribal Council has voted to buy eyeglasses for more than 9,000 Navajo school children who cannot see the blackboard.

    The council voted during a special session to give $495,000 to the Navajo Nation Department of Youth Development to fund eye exams and glasses priced at about $55 per pair for low-income Navajo students in New Mexico, Arizona and Utah.

    Students attending school on and off the reservation are eligible for services.

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