Indigenous icon Buffy Sainte-Marie’s identity was brought into question by a CBC investigation, her Piapot family says the accusations are “ignorant, colonial – and racist.”
Indigenous icon Buffy Sainte-Marie’s identity was brought into question by a CBC investigation, her Piapot family says the accusations are “ignorant, colonial – and racist.”
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I’m sorry but a lot of what you just wrote is contradicted by facts in the reporting… Buffy did *not* grow up on a reserve or in her ‘her tribe’s culture’, she grew up as a white girl in new england, and claims of indigenous origin didn’t appear until the 60s along with her growing musical career.
How to respond to or interpret those facts is up to the communities affected.
Thanks, I didn’t take the time to get all the info regarding her upbringing, so thanks for correcting me.
True. As a white dude I don’t think my opinion is of any value on the subject. Seeing as her tribe doesn’t seem to care, I’d tend to agree with them.
Well put!