A new Canadian Broadcast Corporation investigation calls into question the Indigenous identity of singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie. Sainte-Marie’s lawyer contends that children adopted in Massachusetts were commonly issued new birth certificates with their adopted parents’ names (which the clerk denies). https://t.co/CnPm6Rav8u pic.twitter.com/lsf8rnV2Nx — Robert Jago (@rjjago) October 27, 2023Two members of the Piapot family also released a statement, affirming their kinship with Sainte-Marie. The statement emphasizes the importance of Indigenous sovereignty in determining who can claim Indigenous identity. We are now reviewing the material that CBC released on Buffy Sainte-Marie.

Source: CBC News October 28, 2023 17:20 UTC