The Governor General has terminated singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie's appointment to the Order of Canada following a CBC report that questioned her Indigenous heritage. The report cited a birth certificate indicating Sainte-Marie was born in Massachusetts in 1941, contradicting her claims of Indigenous ancestry. Sainte-Marie maintains that the report contains inaccuracies and that she has always been truthful about her identity.
The appointment of singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie to the Order of Canada has been terminated by the Governor General.It says the appointment was terminated by an ordinance signed by Gov. Gen. Mary Simon on Jan. 3.
Family members in the U.S. told CBC that Sainte-Marie was not adopted and doesn’t have Indigenous ancestry. Her official website once said she was “believed to have been born in 1941 on the Piapot First Nation reserve in Saskatchewan and taken from her biological parents when she was an infant.”
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