{"id":38012,"date":"2021-11-15T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-475307"},"modified":"2023-07-26T16:32:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T20:32:37","slug":"nasas-chas-hoff-connects-with-his-native-american-roots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people-of-nasa\/nasas-chas-hoff-connects-with-his-native-american-roots\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s Chas Hoff Connects with his Native American Roots"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"padding-top-5 padding-bottom-3 width-full maxw-full hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-article-intro\"><div class=\"width-full maxw-full article-header\"><div class=\"margin-bottom-2 width-full maxw-full\"><p class=\"label carbon-60 margin-0 margin-bottom-3 padding-0\">3 min read<\/p><h1 class=\"display-48 margin-bottom-2\">NASA\u2019s Chas Hoff Connects with his Native American Roots<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pbs-20190425-step-cohort-f2f-055_cropped.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1432\" height=\"1398\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pbs-20190425-step-cohort-f2f-055_cropped.jpg?w=1432\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Man facing camera and giving the peace sign outside a NASA vacuum chamber.\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pbs-20190425-step-cohort-f2f-055_cropped.jpg 1432w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pbs-20190425-step-cohort-f2f-055_cropped.jpg?resize=300,293 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pbs-20190425-step-cohort-f2f-055_cropped.jpg?resize=768,750 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pbs-20190425-step-cohort-f2f-055_cropped.jpg?resize=1024,1000 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pbs-20190425-step-cohort-f2f-055_cropped.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pbs-20190425-step-cohort-f2f-055_cropped.jpg?resize=400,391 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pbs-20190425-step-cohort-f2f-055_cropped.jpg?resize=600,586 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pbs-20190425-step-cohort-f2f-055_cropped.jpg?resize=900,879 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pbs-20190425-step-cohort-f2f-055_cropped.jpg?resize=1200,1172 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1432px) 100vw, 1432px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Chas Hoff, visited the Space Environments Facility in 2019 with a group of safety and mission assurance experts prior to testing of the Orion spacecraft.<\/div><div class=\"hds-credits\">Credits: NASA<\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p>When Chas Hoff\u2019s children started asking questions about his Native American heritage, he realized he didn\u2019t have many answers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hoff, a public affairs specialist at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/hq\/nsc\">NASA Safety Center<\/a> in Cleveland, grew up in Dowagiac, Michigan, a center of Potawatomi culture near the Indiana border.  And while he knew that he had family connections to the Potawatomi people, he never asked his relatives for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNow I\u2019m trying to patch together the stories and documents of my great grandmother, but like a lot of Native American history, it\u2019s complicated,\u201d he said.  \u201cAfter the forcible removal of the Potawatomi people to lands in Kansas, many ancestors would marry people from other cultures and give up their names and religions, so you lose clues.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After Hoff graduated from Grand Valley State University with a degree in film\/video, and advertising\/public relations, he landed at the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). He traveled for the next 20 years creating films, editing programs, and serving as a public affairs officer in support of military families around the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>World travel and working for the DoD exposed him to an extremely diverse workforce, how people live around the world, and how good we have it in the United States.  But he also acknowledges that we can do better and create more opportunity for diverse communities, especially at NASA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNASA has a highly educated workforce that has had access to high quality education and opportunities,\u201d says Hoff.  \u201cBut those opportunities are not always available to children in Native American communities where their rural schools don\u2019t have the tools or resources to pull kids into STEM careers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also believes that NASA outreach efforts sometimes miss these communities because of their remote locations. The additional challenge is that Native Americans are a tightly knit people and children are reluctant to leave their families, so they often don\u2019t choose careers in far-flung cities, according to Hoff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a cyclist and I\u2019ve ridden across Ohio and other states, and most of it is rural,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s a part of America that many people forget.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When Hoff joined the Advisory Group for Native Americans at NASA Glenn, he was moved by the mission to create connections with American Indian students and communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is so much talent out there,\u201d he says. \u201cI am hopeful that as we move toward a more remote or hybrid work model, Native American students can have a more level-playing field to get internships and other opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>#NAHM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Nancy Smith Kilkenny<\/em><\/strong><br><strong><em>NASA Glenn Research Center<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"\" class=\"nasa-gb-align-full width-full maxw-full padding-x-3 padding-y-0 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-related-articles\">\t\t<section class=\"hds-related-articles padding-x-0 padding-y-3 desktop:padding-top-7 desktop:padding-bottom-9\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0 text-align-left\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-4\"><h2 style=\"max-width: 100%;\" class=\"width-full w-full maxw-full\">Explore More<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-row grid-container maxw-widescreen padding-0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-4 margin-bottom-4 desktop:margin-bottom-0 desktop:padding-right-3\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people-of-nasa\/diversity-at-nasa\/missionequity\/nasa-joins-national-space-council-in-celebration-of-black-space-week\/\" class=\"color-carbon-black\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-cover-wrapper cover-hover-zoom bg-carbon-black minh-mobile\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/50719482511-1049728744-o.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"transform: scale(1); 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Hoff, a public affairs specialist at the NASA Safety Center in Cleveland, grew up in Dowagiac, Michigan, a center of Potawatomi culture near the Indiana border.  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