Buffy Sainte-Marie calls Indigenous identity questions hurtful
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 News report questioning her First Nations ancestry.
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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 News report questioning her First Nations ancestry.