Tag: SainteMaries
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‘We claim her, end of story’: Buffy Sainte-Marie’s Piapot family hurt by allegations
[ad_1] Artist and activist Buffy Sainte-Marie’s Indigenous identity has been challenged by a CBC investigation but her Piapot First Nation, Sask. family stands by the 82-year-old, calling the narrative “ignorant,” “colonial” and “racist.” Ntawnis Piapot, speaking for the family, says the bombshell claim that Sainte-Marie has no Indigenous blood has no bearing on her belonging…
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Doubts raised over Sainte-Marie’s past roil First Nations
[ad_1] 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. Eleanore Sunchild, an Indigenous lawyer and professor, says that Sainte-Marie hasn’t…