Clad in green and gold, Sitka artist and musician Nicholas Galanin received his honorary doctorate of humane letters from the University of Alaska Anchorage, on April 30.
In his speech at UAAʼs commencement ceremony, he painted a series of paradigms: diversity is the opposite of homogeny, equity is the absence of disparity, inclusion is the opposite of exclusion.
“We know what itʼs like to have the doors closed on us in our own lands, so I mentioned that we can do better. Institutions can do better,” Galanin said in an interview Monday. “We should have courage, and banning things and pretending weʼre doing things for equality is untruthful.”…