Buffy Sainte-Marie says a CBC News investigation that questioned her Indigenous heritage is an attack on her character, life and legacy. More from DeadlineThe CBC’s claims also were included in an episode of the network’s Fifth Estate documentary that featured interviews with Sainte-Marie’s family members. In the documentary and investigation, the CBC said it found Sainte-Marie’s birth certificate stating that she was born in 1941 in Massachusetts to white parents. She said she used a birth certificate throughout her life that was the only document she had, according to the CBC. She added that she has never known if the birth certificate was real.
