Doubts raised over Buffy Sainte-Marie's First Nations bona fides are roiling the community she claims to be part of. A CBC story saying the singer's ancestry may not be Indigenous has renewed debate about who gets to speak for whom.
Doubts raised over Buffy Sainte-Marie's First Nations bona fides are roiling the community she claims to be part of.
Eleanore Sunchild, an Indigenous lawyer and professor, says that Sainte-Marie hasn't used her claims of identity to gain advantages, unlike other so-called"pretendians." Indigenous writer Drew Hayden Taylor says the singer-songwriter is deeply loved by many First Nations people, and her music and life have become part of Indigenous culture.
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