Brown University's student protesters have done heroic things despite an administration that often isn't on board for constructive change, a graduating senior told a commencement crowd Sunday.
Ruth Scott Miller, of Anchorage, Alaska, who describes herself as part Dena'ina Athabaskan (an Alaska indigenous tribe) and part Ashkenazi Jew, began with a traditional greeting in her tribe's native language, and then quickly offered a version of the land history of Providence, Rhode Island, where the Brown campus is.
