Indigenous women's group calls Emmy win for Buffy Sainte-Marie film a 'slap in the face'
A group of Indigenous women says the International Emmy Award for a documentary about folk legend Buffy Sainte-Marie feels like a "slap in the face."
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![Buffy Sainte-Marie, one of the Regina Folk Festival's headlining performances in the August 2022 festival, has contracted COVID-19 and will no longer perform. Buffy Sainte-Marie on stage sings into a microphone with her eyes closed and her arms outstretched. Blue and purple stage lights colour the background and a red dress also hangs in the background.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.6514444.1657284730!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/buffy-sainte-marie.jpg)
A group of Indigenous women says the International Emmy Award for a documentary about folk legend Buffy Sainte-Marie feels like a "slap in the face."