PunkTheFunk 124,441 Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 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, has long claimed indigenous ancestry from Canada. She has said she was adopted by a white American couple as a baby. But a CBC investigation claims to have found a birth certificate they say suggests her adoptive parents are her biological parents. Sainte-Marie rose to popularity during the hippie movement and has been known for decades of indigenous advocacy. She won an Oscar in 1983 for co-writing "Up Where We Belong" for the film An Officer and a Gentleman and is considered to be the first indigenous Oscar winner. "I am proud of my Indigenous-American identity, and the deep ties I have to Canada and my Piapot family," she said in a statement on Thursday. Her website says she "is believed to have been born in 1941 on the Piapot First Nation reserve in Saskatchewan…taken from her biological parents when she was an infant". "She was adopted by a visibly white couple and raised in Maine and Massachusetts," the site reads. "As a child, Buffy's adoptive mother self-identified as part Mi'kmaq but knew little about indigenous culture." But CBC says to have found her birth certificate, identifying her as Beverly Jean Santamaria, born to Albert and Winifred Santamaria, who declared their race as white on the document. CBC cites a 2012 biography on Buffy Sainte-Marie by Blair Stonechild, which says the family changed its name from Santamaria to Saint-Marie "because of anti-Italian prejudice that developed during the Second World War". https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67242752 ___ If anyone is interested in this story (and even if you have never heard of Buffy Saint-Marie before), this is a great watch: Spoiler Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy 11,858 Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 God I hope this isn’t true, **** Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivy 12,561 Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 I'm confused how they would know it was her birth certificate the meow in zombieboy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
heygurlhi 3,200 Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 i stan a good scam so i dont care tbh get thrm coins Ignore me i drink Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
weed 73,858 Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 Native Americans don't just get native birth certificates as far as my minimal research shows, especially if adopted as a baby, so I'm waiting to see more evidence..... but what a gag Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nATAH 49,503 Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 i wonder what triggered an investigation in the first place mother, what must i do? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua81 266 Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 Hollywood taking notes More importantly, is Gaga really Italian? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
River 116,996 Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 3 hours ago, NATAH said: i wonder what triggered an investigation in the first place boredom So sploosh your juice all over me you Riverboy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimecia 6,050 Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 ****ing hell... There are just way too many pieces of evidence against her, it is indisputable at this point. Time. It will not wait, no matter how hard you hold on... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PunkTheFunk 124,441 Posted October 28, 2023 Author Share Posted October 28, 2023 9 hours ago, Ivy said: I'm confused how they would know it was her birth certificate They went to her hometown and found her original birth certificate with all matching details (name, birth date, parents' names, etc). The record indicates she was born in the hospital to Italian parents and not adopted like she claimed. They also interviewed her biological cousins, niece, etc. and they are all Italian. They also looked at home videos, photos, high school yearbooks, and many other records and it's pretty clear she was just an Italian girl from Massachusetts with zero indigenous ancestry. Her biological brother tried to set the record straight with the media in the 70s and she blackmailed him, saying she would tell everyone he molested her if he tried to reveal her true ancestry (which she ended up doing anyway). 8 hours ago, weed said: Native Americans don't just get native birth certificates as far as my minimal research shows, especially if adopted as a baby, so I'm waiting to see more evidence..... but what a gag There is zero possibility she was adopted -- see above. She is more Italian than Gaga Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modern Ecstasy2 2,202 Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 58 minutes ago, PunkTheFunk said: They went to her hometown and found her original birth certificate with all matching details (name, birth date, parents' names, etc). The record indicates she was born in the hospital to Italian parents and not adopted like she claimed. They also interviewed her biological cousins, niece, etc. and they are all Italian. They also looked at home videos, photos, high school yearbooks, and many other records and it's pretty clear she was just an Italian girl from Massachusetts with zero indigenous ancestry. Her biological brother tried to set the record straight with the media in the 70s and she blackmailed him, saying she would tell everyone he molested her if he tried to reveal her true ancestry (which she ended up doing anyway). There is zero possibility she was adopted -- see above. She is more Italian than Gaga Do you know what set off this investigation in the first place? “Delete this thread that person is not Gaga he is a hot blonde twink” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ultimecia 6,050 Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 1 minute ago, Modern Ecstasy2 said: Do you know what set off this investigation in the first place? Watch the video linked in the OP. Time. It will not wait, no matter how hard you hold on... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PunkTheFunk 124,441 Posted October 28, 2023 Author Share Posted October 28, 2023 31 minutes ago, Modern Ecstasy2 said: Do you know what set off this investigation in the first place? 10 hours ago, NATAH said: i wonder what triggered an investigation in the first place A freelance journalist who specializes in exposing "pretendians" (people who pose as Indigenous and use the claim to benefit themselves) was watching a documentary that aired recently on Buffy's life and realized her story didn't add up, so she investigated further. Buffy's biological family tried numerous times in the 60s and 70s to set the record straight by reaching out to local media but it didn't work. As I mentioned above, Buffy's brother tried to expose her because he felt what she was doing was wrong (this is around the time she joined Sesame Street which heavily featured her alleged indigenous heritage), but she threatened legal action and blackmailed him. Now that the story is out, the family is speaking up again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ladle Ghoulash 24,748 Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 Interesting that the tribe she claims to be a member of still accepts her and rejects the results of this investigation We have forgotten our public MANNERS Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sillynate 6,170 Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 Wow since the 60’s???? Rachel dolezal ain’t got NOTHING on this woman Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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