An explosive new report alleges that Buffy Sainte-Marie, the singer-songwriter hailed as the first Indigenous person ever to win an Oscar, has long faked her heritage. She says, 'I know who I am.'
The singer and "Up Where We Belong" co-writer said in a statement, "I am proud of my Indigenous-American identity, and the deep ties I have to Canada and my Piapot family."Christian Holub is a writer covering comics and other geeky pop culture. He's still mad about 'Firefly' getting canceled.For the past four decades, singer and songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie has been hailed as the first Indigenous person ever to win an.
The CBC reported that it was tipped off to the birth certificate hailing from the town of Stoneham, Mass., in which "Beverly Jean Santamaria" and her parents are all listed as white. The CBC also said it had the document authenticated by Stoneham town clerk Maria Sagarino. According to the CBC's report, Sainte-Marie did not make such allegations against her brother until he started disputing her claims of Indigenous ancestry in correspondence with various media outlets in the early '70s, after which she sent him a letter. She did not make these accusations publicly until her 2018 autobiography.
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