A California professor who claimed she was Native American for her entire life has revealed she is white, apologizing for breaking the trust of the Native communities she lived alongside.
“In uncritically living an identity based on family stories without seeking out a documented connection to these communities, I caused harm,” Hoover said.
“Growing up I did not question who I was told I was, or how I identified,” Hoover said. “But as an adult, as an academic, I should have done my due diligence to confirm that my ancestors were who I was told they were.”which hasn’t been tweeted from since 2020, features multiple Native American protests the professor was a part of and the many food summits she attended.
“Before taking part in programs or funding opportunities that were identity-related or geared towards under-represented people I should have ensured that I was claimed in return by the communities I was claiming,” Hoover added. Hoover had also said she always identified herself as “someone of mixed Mohawk, Mi’kmaq, French, English, Irish, and German descent and identity.”Hoover detailed how she grew up with the belief her great-grandmother was a Mohawk woman and was brought to “pow-wows, ceremonies, and food summits” to feel connected to her mother’s family background.
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