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Buffy Sainte Marie, a beloved Indigenous icon in Canada and the US, has been exposed for falsely claiming Indigenous identity. This carries massive implications across Indigenous communities, Canadians, and the United States.
The investigation uncovered that she was not in fact adopted into a caucasian family, but instead they are her actual birth parents.
This reveal was quite literally history being made, yet the consequences from it are far from positive.
On one hand, we have a beloved Canadian-Indigenous icon who has falsely claimed their Indigeneity. On the other, we have an entire community of Indigenous people in mourning, and deeply affected due to the implications that this situation has brought forth.
After watching the documentary, it was quite shocking for me, and I took some time to carefully gather my thoughts and feelings about it - in order to be as helpful to those of you who are affected by this - and those of you who are incredible allies constantly seeking ways to support in an authentic way, so stay tuned to the end where I’ll share how exactly you can help with this - because I promise you, this is GOING to ignite a wave of more complexities.
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I’m so disgusted by the fact that she claimed to be a sixty’s scoop survivor. To claim a trauma and to stick by it is truly disturbing. I believe she should be charged criminally for her actions. She took awards and jobs from deserving indigenous people. She needs to be held accountable
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I don't have a problem with her identifying with the tribal family who adopted her, and I think it's important to recognize that there were a lot of non-native people who were "adopted" into tribes throughout history, my own tribe included.
But these people did not pretend to actually be indigenous or native. They were simply adopted into tribes because of the work they did to help and support the tribe, for example.
What Buffy Sainte Marie did (and is continuing to do) is pretend to be "an indian". She dyes her hair black, wears makeup that is darker than her actual skin color, to appear "more" indian, although she isn't indian at all.
Those who were adopted into tribes didn't try to convince others that this actually made them indigenous. She is a fraud. And it is offensive to me, because there are many REAL natives from whom various types of recognition were stolen by this woman, who wasn't even eligible to be in the running.
It's absolutely no different than the story of Rachel Dolezal, who pretended to be black, to the point that she permed her hair into tight curls and again, tanned and wore dark makeup. She was even a chapter president for the NAACP before it was discovered that she wasn't actually black.
The investigation into Buffy Sainte Marie's claims of being indigenous is not what is hurting indigenous communities. The shame she has brought by lying the entire time is what has hurt indigenous communities. And she doesn't even have the decency to admit what she did and apologize. That hurts indigenous communities. She doesn't have the decency to return the awards she fraudulently received throughout the years. The fact is, had she "been white," she almost certainly would not have ever attained the name recognition she did "as an indigenous person".
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I disagree with your position. TRC is what CBC did. There is no other way this could have been done. No matter how it was done, it is going to hurt not matter what. Buffy is the one who needs to set the record straight. She has taken so much away from other REAL Indigenous people, starting all the way back to Sesame Street. As an Indigenous woman, I find it greatly offensive that more people are not demanding Buffy come clean, by way of a DNA test and answering many unanswered questions.
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I was raised white because my 'Nish mom married a white german/brit!
My great grandfather fought in WWI and was a residential school survivor. My grandfather fought in WWII and was a residential school survivor. I,at 55 am working to fund my Indigenous roots,learn my language, and embrace my Indigenous spirituality.
I did not claim my Indiginaity earlier because I was ashamed of being Indigenous and how we are treated in this country (🇨🇦)
I have been called a "fake Indian" by other Indigenous folks! This is very painful for me. I am afraid to try to get more into my Indigenous community because of this fact.
It makes me feel deep down pain.
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I, at first, refused to believe what was exposed. After her birth records were revealed I was heartbroken. I believed in her and was proud of her many accomplishments. I, like much of the Indigenous communities across Turtle Island, feel betrayed. Thank you Mallory for this video, it brought some clarity to the situation, and how I was viewing it, especially when you talked about success and a healthy environment. I know our people face multiple struggles on a daily just trying to survive, let alone reaching the pinnacle of success, and that, by defrauding whole communities! I am angry! I believe she needs to pay the price for this act of hers, fraud is actually a crime, impersonation is a crime. Perhaps these things need to happen so that pretindians will think twice about doing such things!
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This was such a big blow. So many of us Native women have looked up to her for years
. .since she breastfed her baby on Sesame Street in the 70's.
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I've had a few conversations w/friends & family about this. The non-Native friends seem to have the attitude of "what's the big deal? She's done so much for the Native community. She's the ultimate ally." My Native friend has been a fan of Buffy's for years and is heartbroken. She believes the "attacks" on Buffy are false. I am in my late 50's. Folk music makes me cringe. Every time I saw clips of Buffy performing, they made me cringe. She always seemed fake to me with the parrot feathers in her hair and beads. I'd just write her off; "that's show biz". When I saw The Fifth Estate investigative story that exposed her lies, my stomach turned. It's taken a few days for me to process all of this. I went from not giving a damn about her to being angry. How dare she! Caucasian girl from east coast "decides" she wants to be Indian. How many of our elders and ancestors paid dearly for "being" Indigenous?! Some, paid with their lives. All the teachings, the languages, our ceremonies and customs beaten and tortured out of our elders. While pretendians get a tan and feathers and call themselves Indigenous. Like, someone buying war medals in a shop and claiming to be war hero's. Gaahh!!
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When I was in junior school, one of my teachers wore a wig.
We (the kids) liked this teacher well enough, but behind his back we called him "wig wam", we laughed at him and his wig, but other than that we quite liked him.
One morning in the middle of term he turned up at school with no wig!
Bald!
And we kids barely remarked on it, however, we no longer called him "wig wam", many of us (even as 8 year olds) realised how brave he was, and this man whome we quite liked suddenly earned a new respect in our eyes.
40 years later, I still think of that man, not only as one of the best most caring teachers ever, but, as an exemplar of moral strength, of bravery, of good example in facing his shadows!
Surely this is the first test of a shaman to their new prospective student, can they face their own shadow with courage and honesty.
Wishing Buffy courage and strength to step into the light and be liberated.
Best wishes from the Celtic Isles to all affected confused hurt or shaken etc by this.
Be yourself, you are enough.
Surely the second task of the prospective Shaman is to know and be at one with one's roots?
X
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I so agree with everything that you said. My mom was told she was adopted because the rest of the family could pass except her. So she grew up knowing nothing except the name of two tribes. When her parents died she found out the truth and it destroyed her. I only know what she taught me which isn't much. My father is African American so I have little history from that side as well, I am so Indigenous in my spirit and my life but I remain a tribe unto myself and what is worse I am 65 and in one more generation there won't be enough blood quantum to matter and my Indigenous heritage will be lost forever because of the fear and shame of my grandparents....
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The one thing I would want Buffy Saint Marie is please take a DNA test. I did I am 30%, but cannot find a paper trail,this is a heartache for me
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She is not even a Canadian, which is shocking to me because she made her career comeback starting with Sesame Street and on the backs of Canada. The first hint is that she wrote and illustrated a book saying she was Cree from Piapot, living in her father's house teaching the Cree language. There were about 400 people on the Reserve, not "Reservation", at the time. It was a telling error. She would have automatically used Reserve. I'm 75. I've travelled my whole life including being a Royal Canadian Air Force BRAT. I never knew her connection to America but we didn't know that the internet would revolutionize the world's information and disinformation. Bluffy is extremely talented and is creative in many ways. She'd have had no difficulty conning the Piapot family who must have been in awe that this folk singer was so interested in joining up. Studying Oriental philosophy is another clue because she nade no mention of her overwhelming need to find her Indian birth mother.
Ask yourself- what Italian immigrant family from the States decides to drive to little known Saskatchewan in 1940 to adopt a baby on "Indian give away a baby day"??? It's ludicrous. I want Bluffy striped of the Governor General Award for obvious reasons because she's an American fraudster. I can't imagine how bad Indigenous people must feel about being conned by such a powerful personality. As her brother Alan said that the truth will eventually come out. It did. She will never own it but use word salad, victimhood and sexual abuse as her excuses among other things. Poor Bluffy suffered so much at the hands of her Italian parents who just happen to look just like her especially her Dad.
Narcissists never admit to anything. In her own words recently she claims that her "gifts" she bestowed upon the great nation of Canada and Indigenous peoples were bountiful with love. Afterall, where would Indigenous people be without her. The raw Conceit and Arrogance on display. Unbelievable. I suppose we should all be grateful for this American Italian for showing Canada the way to enlightenment. 0:23
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My mom adored Buffy and I grew up listening to her music and seeing her on Sesame Street. We have Anishinaabe ancestry several generations back, and my mom looked for any positive Native artists, writers, and role models to share with us kids. I was shocked when I first heard the rumors, and was really confused - then I watched the tv special and I've done enough genealogical research to know that the case is pretty much settled. I was physically hurting in my stomach with shock and shame for her. I'm just so deeply embarassed for her and feel terrible that the adoptive family may have been taken in by her claims, it feels like she took advantage of their loss of two cherished daughters. But as a mostly White person, I haven't said much in public or to enrolled Native friends because it feels very much like it's not my place to discuss, and I know people's opinions are all over the place on this.
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I’m an American who didn’t really know who Buffy was until today, but I am of mixed (Northern and Southern) Italian heritage (I say mixed because in Italian culture these two areas are very, very different). After seeing videos of her on here, she definitely looks Italian. Southern Italian with Iberian/North African DNA. I’m sorry this person took advantage of your community.
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Whew! This is overwhelming. So much to say in response. I don't know if I can.
1. Celebrities do not influence or shape me on a personal level. Yes, they can in general be inspiring or demoralizing. But personally, it is up to me to explore and examine who I am.
2. My father did not identify with his reservation born mother. His first language was Portuguese. He was estranged from her. So, I grew up unaware of this part of my ancestry. I was in my forties when she passed and then I learned of her birthplace (Sisseton Wahpeton Reservation). I grew up without the knowledge that would have made a difference in my conscious identity.
3. Dad was brown-skinned. Black hair. He had an accent. Once he even had difficulty reentering California from Mexico. He strongly identified as Portuguese-American. About sixty years ago, we adopted two babies. Both had brown skin and dark hair. Back then, in the adoption process they sought to match the children with physical characteristics of the new parents. I have wondered in recent years if my adopted siblings might have had Indigenous ancestry.
4. I think it is critically important what motivates us in determining and establishing our identity. Identifying as Indigenous for financial gain or for special qualification in employment or academic applications is distinct from just trying to know and connect with whom we are. For me, it has always been about the latter .. never the former.
Some years ago, my life fell apart. It was a circle of brothers who embraced me. They saw my pain. They included me in their Native American Circle. I found my spiritual home there.
5. I have long been a radical leftist, advocating for the rights of oppressed people. Indigenous, women, LGBTQIA+, Muslims, Jews, et al. For me, identity is in part about connecting with people. I am "only" one-fourth of Indigenous ancestry. As a bisexual person, I am "only" one of the letters in LGBTQIA+. "Only." But my heart and soul is 100% with all of these communities.
I do tire of the complications added to our struggles. It is already hard enough. Why make it harder?
Mallory .... thank you for this and allowing me the space to share.
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The Ultimate Irony...
Turns out Buffy/Beverly has the SAME ancestry (Italian) as Columbus...
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I was heartbroken when the report was revealed. Truth is the basis of meaningful relationships. Without truth, there cannot be trust. My impression is that many young people today are questioning their own identity. I cannot imagine how difficult this must be for adopted children. The only encouraging aspect of the investigation is that a truth came out at the end. While this incident was very hurtful, it may serve to increase everyone's awareness of the importance of truth and the damage which being untrue can cause.
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Fraud and concealment for monetary gain equals theft. She could easily be sued and prosecuted. What a long con job she worked ! Her audacity is stunning and probably pathological.
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I am autistic, high functioning but a bit of an oddball. I am also a card-carrying "Native American" with the paper trail and family connections but raised off the reservation. I did have land on the reservation. My native family moved off the reservation as part of a government job program. Very common Indigenous story.
Anyway, I am 70 and was born when "injuns" were savages shot off horses by cowboy heroes until Dances With Wolves came along. I am mixed pass for white unless you look closely. (eye roll). As I said I am a bit different in my affect is peculiar. It took me more time than most to learn social nuances. When I was a child I made the (not really a) mistake of telling people my dad was "Indian". From that point on it seemed almost everyone attributed my weirdness to being Indian. It followed me around for decades. I knew I was different, I wasn't raised in an Indigenous community with a frame of reference for what that meant. I came to believe it myself. Sometimes it gave people a reason to bully me even more.
Thankfully I learned later that Natives are not all oddballs... though some of us are, it has nothing to do with that part of who we are. It's just the roll of the dice.
Interesting journey Gitchi Manitou had for me.
Gitchi Megwetch to you for your gifts to us.
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I am truly saddened by this. I even sent her a song I wrote about being born away from my tribe and not knowing many of my indigenous family. I wanted to take it back the moment I heard. My page has many of her videos and interviews and I really was so proud of her. I am very upset by this news. She got rich and is living or should I say hiding somewhere in the Hawaiian Islands.
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@ravenreid9080
5 months ago
As a sixties scoop artist that did face a lot of terrible abuse and then abandoned by most of my adopted family…this truly hurt me. Buffy stole my life story and many others and made millions from our pain! Terrible and embarrassing for her. The fact that she is still sticking to the lies, is a slap in the face.
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