The groundbreaking singer-songwriter discusses government surveillance, her Indigenous identity and a revealing new documentary Buffy Sainte-Marie vividly remembers the reaction she would get in the ...

Sainte-Marie was born on a reserve in the Qu'Appelle Valley of Saskatchewan, Canada, but later taken from her indigenous family to be adopted by a family in Massachusetts. Sponsor Message "It had been ...

When there were few other Indigenous celebrities in the spotlight, there was Buffy Sainte-Marie. The celebrated singer-songwriter rose to prominence during the folk revival of the 1960s, building a ...

[Editor’s Note – November 3, 2023: Recent investigative reports have sought to raise questions about Buffy Sainte-Marie’s Indigenous heritage. Sainte-Marie has stated that she is uncertain of her ...

“It’s My Way” is the title track on Buffy Sainte-Marie’s first album, released in 1964. The cover of the album depicts Sainte-Marie with a mouth bow. A staple of Sainte-Marie’s early style, the mouth ...

The second track of the new album, "Cho Cho Fire," is a driving rock song featuring a 30-year-old field recording. "The Black Lodge Singers were at a powwow maybe 30 years ago," Sainte-Marie tells ...

She brought attention to Indigenous issues in her music, and was the first Indigenous person to win an Oscar. “Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On” makes the case for her continued importance. By Lindsay ...

UPDATE: Fallout from Buffy Sainte-Marie‘s confirmation that she is not a Canadian citizen continues as two of the country’s most prestigious arts honors have been rescinded. According to the CBC today ...

The move comes after a 2023 CBC program claimed the Oscar winner had been fraudulently posing as Native. By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief Canadian American singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie has ...

Buffy Sainte-Marie, a musician known for decades of Indigenous activism, says she’s always been honest that she doesn’t know the identity of her birth parents ahead of a CBC report expected to ...

An investigation by the CBC disputed a key part of Sainte-Marie’s story, saying that a birth certificate shows she was born to a white family in Massachusetts. By Christopher Kuo The parentage of ...

'This is my life — I am not a piece of paper,' the 82-year-old said in her first public statement Author of the article: You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have ...