Native American Artists Use Art and Storytelling to Bring Cancer Statistics to Life

SEATTLE — March 12, 2007 — As an internist and health-care economist, Scott Ramsey, M.D., Ph.D., is used to looking at cancer statistics in black and white. Lately, however, he’s been seeing them in shades of vibrant red and deep blue.These are the predominant colors in an acrylic painting by Tacoma artist Chholing Taha that is part of an equally bold effort to educate Northwest American Indians and Alaska Natives, through visual art and storytelling, about the importance of cancer prevention and screening.>>> Discuss This Story

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