Hazel W. Hertzberg

Hazel Manross Whitman Hertzberg (September 16, 1918 – October 19, 1988) was an American historian. Her scholarship focused on the Indigenous people of North America. She was a professor of history and education at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Early life and education Hazel Manross Whitman was born on September 16, 1918, in Brooklyn, New York, to Grace (Wood) and Charles Theodore Whitman. She attended the University of Chicago (AB, 1958) and Columbia University (MA, 1961; PhD, 1968). The Search for an American Indian Identity: Modern Pan-Indian Movements (1971) discusses pan-Indianism after the Ghost Dance (from roughly the 1900s to the 1970s), covering organizations including the Society of American Indians and the Teepee Order of America.

Personal life Hazel married Sidney Hertzberg, a journalist and activist, on August 25, 1941. They had two children, including Hendrik Hertzberg.