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Buffy Sainte-Marie performs at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2022. A CBC investigation has found a record of legendary musician Sainte-Marie’s birth certificate, other documents and details from family members who say she is not Indigenous. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Alex Lupul

Revelations about Buffy Sainte-Marie’s ancestry are having a devastating impact on Indigenous communities across Canada

Lori Campbell, University of Regina

The CBC report on iconic singer Buffy Sainte-Marie’s ancestry is having deep impact in multiple ways across Indigenous lands across Canada.
The relationship between Canada’s Aboriginal peoples and non-indigenous population has never been an equal one. AAP Image/Adam Gartrell

Canada’s progress shows indigenous reconciliation is a long-term process

Philipp Kastner, The University of Western Australia and Elisabeth Roy Trudel, The University of Western Australia

The relationship between Canada’s Aboriginal peoples and non-indigenous population has never been an equal one, even though the 1982 national constitution recognises Aboriginal rights.

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