Native American

When UC Berkeley doctoral candidate Brian Kastl conducted studies in the Russian River streams, he noticed something unusual: a school of young salmon in shallow waters struggling to pass downstream.

UC Berkeley doctoral candidates Ataya Cesspooch and Sierra Edd and doctoral student Breylan Martin published a collective statement Nov. 11 about campus associate professor Elizabeth Hoover, who released a statement Oct. 20 rescinding her previous claim to Native American ancestry.

UC Berkeley professor Elizabeth Hoover, who often worked with students in the campus Indigenous Community Learning Garden, released a statement Oct. 20 on her personal website revealing that she has no Native American ancestry.

Finding community on campus is ‘crucial’ for the thousands of Latine and Chicanx students at UC Berkeley. While the school touts its diverse student body on flyers and campaigns, Emiliano Silva felt alone as a Mexican transfer student before joining the mariachi group.

Starting this fall, the UC Berkeley School of Law, or Berkeley Law, will offset tuition and student service fees for qualifying Native American students.

The U.S. Corps of Engineers facilitated the repatriation of 20 remains and 136 cultural artifacts to the Wiyot tribe from the Hearst Museum of Anthropology.

On a patch of land at the northwest corner of campus, a garden brimming with indigenous plants has sprung to life and connected students to their heritage.

Joseph Myers, who taught at UC Berkeley’s ethnic studies department for nearly 30 years, died due to heart complications Dec. 29, 2020, at age 80. 

Lark in the Morning, a musical instrument store in Berkeley specializing in rare and unusual instruments from around the world, has shifted to online operations amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Underrepresented student groups and organizations, including the community of students with disabilities and Indigenous student organizations, have faced long-standing challenges in their fight for allocated spaces on campus.