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First indigenous Oscar winner Buffy Sainte-Marie’s identity under scrutiny: Report

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First indigenous Oscar winner Buffy Sainte-Marie’s identity under scrutiny: Report Buffy Sainte-Marie, the Oscar-winning songwriter has caught herself in a controversy as her indigenous identity is being questioned by a Canadian Broadcast Corporation. Buffy Sainte-Marie’s identity claims The singer, who has the honour of being the first indigenous-born Oscar winner for co-writing the song Up … Read more

CBC Releases Report Questioning Buffy Sainte-Marie’s Claims to Indigenous Heritage

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The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has released a documentary and article calling into question the Indigenous heritage of Buffy Sainte-Marie. The decorated singer-songwriter, who released a preemptive statement yesterday, maintains that she has Native ancestry, “but there was no documentation as was common for Indigenous children born in the 1940’s.” Based on its documentary series The … Read more