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Buffy Sainte-Marie denies allegations she misled public about Indigenous ancestry

Buffy Sainte-Marie in 2009.
Buffy Sainte-Marie in 2009. Photograph: David Levene/The Guardian

Folk singer and social justice advocate Buffy Sainte-Marie has denied allegations that she misled the public about her Indigenous ancestry, after a Canadian documentary questioned the “shifting narrative” surrounding her Cree roots.

On Friday, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s investigative wing, the Fifth Estate, published an investigation into the singer’s ancestry, alleging her life story is part of a broader narrative “full of inconsistencies and inaccuracies”.

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