When there were few other Indigenous celebrities in the spotlight, there was Buffy Sainte-Marie. The celebrated ...

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.

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 ...

Canada's public broadcaster has published a bombshell investigation that calls into doubt the indigenous ancestry of Buffy Sainte-Marie. The folk singer and activist, who rose to fame in the 1960s ...

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 ...

Mr. Jennings, right, in 1983 with Jack Nitzsche and Buffy Sainte-Marie when they won an Oscar for “Up Where We Belong.”Credit...ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content ...

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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The first of Mr. Jennings’s two Oscars for best original song honored “Up Where We Belong,” a chart-topper co-written with Jack Nitzsche and Buffy Sainte-Marie and sung by Joe Cocker and ...