Professor Apologizes for Claiming to be Native American 'Her Entire Life'

A UC Berkeley professor who reportedly claimed to be Native American “her entire life” has revealed that she is not of Indigenous descent, the New York Post reported. Elizabeth Hoover is an associate professor in the environmental science and policy management department at the university. This week, on her personal website, Hoover published a “Letter of Apology and Accountability” where she revealed that she believed she was of Native descent based on “incomplete information” (via Elizabeth M. Hoover): I am a white person who has incorrectly identified as Native my...