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Oscar-Winning Canadian Singer Buffy Sainte-Marie Stripped of Honors After Allegedly Lying About Indigenous Heritage

Officials have stripped Oscar-Winning Canadian Singer Buffy Sainte-Marie of her Order of Canada honor after years of controversy over her false claims of indigenous heritage.

Warner Todd Huston

11 Feb 2025, 5:17 AM PST

<> at Golden Gate Park on October 2, 2016 in San Francisco, California.

Accused Pretendian Buffy Sainte-Marie: ‘I Have Never Lied About My Identity,’ U.S. Birth Certificate Is Fake

Canadian singer and song writer Buffy Sainte-Marie is defiant in the face of those who accuse her of pretending to be an Indian for 60 years.

Warner Todd Huston

26 Nov 2023, 2:05 PM PST

Singer Buffy Sainte-Marie performs onstage during Hardly Strictly Bluegrass at Golden Gate

Oscar-Winning Musician Buffy Sainte-Marie Accused of Faking ‘Indigenous’ Identity

Oscar-winning “Indigenous” musician Buffy Sainte-Marie has responded to a long exposé concluding that she seems to have no native ancestry and is, instead, a white woman born in Massachusetts.

Warner Todd Huston

28 Oct 2023, 9:48 AM PST

Buffy Sainte-Marie performs onstage at the 14th annual Americana Music Association Honors