PBS NewsHour

Street artist portrays Navajo life with large scale murals

Clip: 06/03/2018 | 7m 35s | Video has closed captioning.

Chip Thomas, a physician and street artist who has lived on the Navajo Nation for three decades, shares the stories of his indigenous neighbors with large scale murals in cities from Oakland, California, to Phoenix, Arizona. His work under the name Jetsonorama has drawn attention to the impact of uranium mining on the Navajo people. This story was produced by KQED Arts in San Francisco.