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Controversial scholar walks away from Native food organizations
Liz Hoover spent decades claiming to be Mohawk and Mi’kmaq
Thursday, October 27, 2022
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A controversial scholar who claimed to be Native for decades has ended her relationships with two prominent Native food organizations.
Elizabeth Hoover, a professor at the University of California in Berkeley, built her career on the backs of the Native food sovereignty movement. Yet in a statement disavowing her claimed tribal affiliations, she said she hoped to continue her efforts in the space — so long as she felt welcome.
“Going forward, I will continue to passionately support food sovereignty and environmental justice movements in Native communities where and when I am invited to do so,” Hoover, who is more commonly known as Liz, said in a “Statement about Identity” posted on her recently-created website.
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