Singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie has been stripped of her appointment to the Order of Canada, the nation’s second-highest award for merit.

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Singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie stripped of Order of Canada appointment

She pretended to be a member of the Cree people, was celebrated in Canada and was the first indigenous person to be awarded an Oscar. Then she came out: Buffy Sainte-Marie probably misrepresented her origin.

Sie gab sich als Angehörige des Cree-Volkes aus, wurde in Kanada gefeiert und als erste indigene Person mit einem Oscar ausgezeichnet. Dann kam heraus: Buffy Sainte-Marie hat ihre Herkunft wohl falsch dargestellt.

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Buffy Sainte-Marie was awarded the Order of Canada in 1997. On Friday, Canada stripped her of the award, a year after it was revealed that the acclaimed singer had likely lied about her Indigenous heritage.

Buffy Sainte-Marie tilldelades Kanadaorden 1997. I fredags tog Kanada den ifrån henne. Det här ett år efter att det avslöjats att den hyllade sångerskan sannolikt ljugit om sin urfolksbakgrund.

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Buffy Sainte-Marie was stripped of Canada’s top honor following an investigation questioning her Indigenous ancestry claims.

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CP-The appointment of singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie to the Order of Canada has been terminated by the Governor General. The move was announced in the Canada Gazette, the federal government newspaper. It says the appointment was terminated by an ordinance signed by Gov. Gen. Mary Simon on Jan. 3. The move comes after a CBC report in 2023 questioned Sainte-Marie’s Indigenous heritage, saying it found a birth certificate that indicated she w…

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Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductee Buffy Sainte-Marie has been stripped of her prestigious Order of Canada appointment, more than one year after a scandal that found the singer allegedly lied about her Indigenous heritage. On Saturday, Feb. 8, the Canadian government published the announcement in the most recent edition of the Canada Gazette, writing: “Notice is hereby given that the appointment of Buffy Sainte-Marie to the Order of Canada was…

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Oscar-winning songwriter and Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductee Buffy Sainte-Marie has been stripped of her prestigious Order of Canada, the country’s highest civilian honor. The Toronto Star reported the termination of her appointment late Friday. She is being accused of being a "Pretendian," a term used to describe individuals falsely claiming Indigenous heritage. Ken

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Buffy St. Marie Stripped of Order of Canada Following Ancestry Controversy Folk singer Buffy St. Marie has been stripped of her Order of Canada, following revelations that she misrepresented her Indigenous ancestry. An official government notice published Friday confirmed that Governor General Mary Simon revoked the honour on January 3, 2025. St. Marie, long celebrated as an Indigenous musician and advocate, claimed she was of Cree ancestry and …

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