Posted on 02/09/2025 12:05:10 PM PST by RummyChick
Legendary singer Buffy Sainte-Marie has been sensationally stripped of her honors title after allegedly 'lying about her heritage.'
The 83-year-old Oscar-winning singer has been stripped of her prestigious Order of Canada following explosive claims she fabricated her Indigenous heritage.
The Order of Canada - bestowed upon more than 7,600 people since 1967 - represents the highest of recognition for 'extraordinary contributions to the nation.'
The star, who won an Academy Award for co-writing 'Up Where We Belong,' had been awarded the Order of Canada in 1997 for her supposed work championing Indigenous causes.
The decision, quietly published in Canada Gazette on Saturday, comes after 2023's shocking investigation revealed the singer may have built her entire career on deception.
A notice by Secretary General of the Order of Canada, Ken MacKillop, reads: 'Notice is hereby given that the appointment of Buffy Sainte-Marie to the Order of Canada was terminated by Ordinance signed by the Governor General [Mary Simon] on January 3, 2025.'
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> It just means they stole it from somebody else. <
Yep. No one has the moral high ground when it comes to stealing land.
White folks are demonized only because they were more successful than most.
I agree. This was common knowledge for some time. Let it go.
She has high cheek bones. Isn’t that enough? ;~)
Buffy Sainte-Marie was Pocahontas before Elizabeth Warren!
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