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LeftInTX

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16. Iron Eyes Cody

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Mon Oct 30, 2023, 06:50 PM

Oct 2023

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I loved Buffy Sainte-Marie. Now, like many Indigenous people, I feel betrayed by her [View all] progressoid Oct 2023 OP

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