Berkeley professor who long claimed to be Native American admits to being white
A sociology professor at the University of California, Berkeley, went the route of Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.), claiming native heritage her "whole life." Like Warren, Elizabeth Hoover has had to confront the fact that she is white and may have exploited her false identity for personal gain.
Hoover — whose research focuses on Native American environmental health and "food sovereignty movements" — is an associate professor at the university's department of environmental science, policy, and management. Campus media reportedly touted Hoover as one of a growing number of Native American scholars at Berkeley when she joined the staff in 2020.She has long involved herself in native political initiatives, frequently intimating that America was founded on "stolen land" and partaking in critiques of colonialism. Hoover also ran Native American student organizations, powwows at Williams College and at Brown University, and Akwesasne community garden projects.
The Berkeley professor issued an apology Monday, stating, "I am a white person who has incorrectly identified as Native my whole life, based on incomplete information. In uncritically living an identity based on family stories without seeking out a documented connection to these communities, I caused harm."
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