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obamanut2012

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4. Shania Twain was not born First Nations, but is First Nations and holds a status card
Mon Oct 30, 2023, 04:46 PM
Oct 2023

I am curious if Buffy's background is anything like that? Twain is considered Temagami by the Temagami.

"Twain was born Eilleen Regina Edwards in Windsor, Ontario, on August 28, 1965,[24] to Sharon (née Morrison) and Clarence Edwards. She has two sisters, Jill and Carrie Ann. Her parents divorced when she was two and her mother moved to Timmins, Ontario, with her daughters. Sharon married Jerry Twain, an Ojibwa from the nearby Mattagami First Nation, and they had a son, Mark, together. Jerry adopted the girls and legally changed their surname to Twain. When Mark was a toddler, Jerry and Sharon adopted Jerry's baby nephew Darryl when his mother died. Because of Twain's connection to Jerry, the media have incorrectly reported that she is of Ojibwe descent. When questioned as to why she chose not to publicly acknowledge Edwards as her father for years she stated:

My father [Jerry Twain] went out of his way to raise three daughters that weren't even his. For me to acknowledge another man as my father, a man who was never there for me as a father, who wasn't the one who struggled every day to put food on our table, would have hurt him terribly. We were a family. Step-father, step-brothers, we never used that vocabulary in our home. To have referred to him as my step-father would have been the worst slap across the face to him.[26]

She currently holds a status card and is on the official band membership list of the Temagami First Nation."
I've read the recent accusations. First, I believe she is Indigenous. Second, she's always been supportive of Silent Type Oct 2023 #1
Unfortunately, her birth certificate and family disagree. progressoid Oct 2023 #11
Born in Massachusetts, an Italian father and a mother of English ancestry. madaboutharry Oct 2023 #2
I thought her mother was part or half Mic'Maq. yorkster Oct 2023 #28
I'm staying out of this, but Vogon_Glory Oct 2023 #3
Shania Twain was not born First Nations, but is First Nations and holds a status card obamanut2012 Oct 2023 #4
Watch the program,The Fifth Estate, posted in the OP. madaboutharry Oct 2023 #5
oh boy obamanut2012 Oct 2023 #13
Me, too. shrike3 Oct 2023 #20
Just stick with Redbone GuppyGal Oct 2023 #6
There's a blues rock band called Indigenous n/t TexasBushwhacker Oct 2023 #14
My brother saw them! progressoid Oct 2023 #25
Yup! Grew up on a rez, so they're legit TexasBushwhacker Oct 2023 #29
Just read the CBC account shrike3 Oct 2023 #7
Buffy's response... Montauk6 Oct 2023 #23
What I find extremely disappointing Talitha Oct 2023 #8
It's like every white person in the south that pretends they're part Cherokee. Elessar Zappa Oct 2023 #9
DH was told all his life he was part Cherokee. shrike3 Oct 2023 #19
LOL! Someone in a genealogy group said, "This has gotta be wrong, I'm 100% Native" LeftInTX Oct 2023 #37
Yeah, surprise, surprise. shrike3 Oct 2023 #38
Like Cher...LOL LeftInTX Oct 2023 #10
She's a total fraud and treated her family members very cruelly Mysterian Oct 2023 #12
Looks like she is a white person of European descent wnylib Oct 2023 #15
She was never adopted LeftInTX Oct 2023 #17
I listened to the entire program. A Native couple said wnylib Oct 2023 #18
Iron Eyes Cody LeftInTX Oct 2023 #16
That's my favorite to mention when famous people are exposed for claiming native ancestry Docreed2003 Oct 2023 #34
It's bad. MyNameIsJonas Oct 2023 #21
Whoa, whoa, wait a sec... Montauk6 Oct 2023 #22
First thing I thought of, Dolezal. shrike3 Oct 2023 #24
A decades long Dolezalling. progressoid Oct 2023 #26
Yeah, people were pretty mad at 'ol Rachel, but she didn't have Wingus Dingus Oct 2023 #27
indigenous folks have been treated poorly since columbus showed up dembotoz Oct 2023 #30
I encourage you to watch the program linked in the OP. madaboutharry Oct 2023 #32
First of all Jilly_in_VA Oct 2023 #31
I read the original CBC article, and they went to great lengths to show Wingus Dingus Oct 2023 #33
She was born in Massachusetts. Her father's name was Sainte-Marie LeftInTX Oct 2023 #36
Did you watch the program? madaboutharry Oct 2023 #39
From the CBC investigation: shrike3 Oct 2023 #40
The lengths that some will go to excuse this artist's behavior are gross Docreed2003 Oct 2023 #35
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