Oscar-winning folk singer Buffy Sainte-Marie has long been viewed as a barrier-breaking, Indigenous icon — but a recent news investigation has raised doubts over her Indigenous roots.

I was shocked and hurt at the same time. It just boils my blood," Shirley Christmas said of when she first heard the news about Buffy Sainte-Marie's Indigeneity being called into question.

A recent episode of the CBC's Fifth Estate investigated Buffy Sainte-Marie's claims of indigenous ancestry Prominent figures in North America have faced allegations in recent years of lying about ...

Wes Studi has been given the honorary award for career achievement. Canadian native musician Buffy Sainte-Marie shared a best original song Oscar in 1982 but Studi's acting honour will be seen by ...

He received two Oscars for co-writing the iconic themes for "Titanic" — which was recorded by Celine Dion — and for "An Officer and a Gentleman" alongside Jack Nitzsche and Buffy Sainte-Marie.

Cardinal cited the case of Carrie Bourassa, the University of Saskatchewan professor who claimed she was Metis and ...

I’d rather not mention song titles but let’s just say Willie Nelson and Buffy Sainte-Marie figure prominently. Is there anything else you'd like to add? I’d just like to say ‘thank you ...

Power, Protest, and Activism in Music (2023), and Buffy Sainte-Marie: The Authorized Biography (2018). Andrea is an AP at CBC Music, music columnist for CBC Radio’s Radio West, freelance writer ...

Will Jennings, the Oscar-winning lyricist of “My Heart Will Go On" and “Up Where We Belong,” has died. He was 80. The songwriter died Friday at his home in Tyler, Texas, his agent Sam ...

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New Brunswick, Canada, native Jeremy Dutcher has won the 2024 Polaris Music Prize for his album Motewolonuwok. The Two-Spirit composer and musician is now the first artist in the prize’s 19-year ...