We will have to see what the episode actually alleges, but from the HR account this is a substantially different category of things from Littlefeather. Even if Sainte-Marie is determined by some reliable method not to be the biological offspring of indigenous parents, she seems to have had a good faith belief that she was, was adopted by a recognized indigenous tribe, and lived her life with integrity to that identity.
Sent from Gmail Mobile On Fri, 27 Oct 2023 at 11:57 AM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > Tonight's episode of the CBC's long-running newsmag "The Fifth Estate" > will contain a report supposedly revealing that an "iconic Canadian singer" > is not what she claimed to be for many years--folk singer Buffy > Sainte-Marie, the first indigenous winner of an Oscar in 1982 for > co-writing the "Officer and a Gentleman" theme "Up Where We Belong," > believes that she is the subject of the report and that the report wrong, > saying that the Canadian pubcaster interviewed her last month her ancestry > and being sexually assaulted as a child and that although she does not know > everything about her ancestry, "I know who I am": > > > https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/buffy-sainte-marie-responds-pretendian-1235628540/ > > The above contains a video statement from Sainte-Marie--Americans will > only be able to see the program if they live near the Canadian border and > can pick up a CBC station OTA or on cable or if it is put online. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/87d7e2cd-929f-43f7-8e71-4044eebe3337n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/87d7e2cd-929f-43f7-8e71-4044eebe3337n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYKv%2BgvnmMHX%2BXv%3Dej%2BKV0uPovhi3XveAa1jQddX%2BDO7BQ%40mail.gmail.com.
