Pretendians - a futher violation of Indigenous People in North America

And to think, I grew up thinking this person was a legitimate Cree native born in Saskatchewan. 

Indeed - I remember her Sesame Street appearances.

Normally I would not link to something from the CBC (I grew up on them, but consider them these days as corporate propaganda), but I've always respected the program 'The Fifth Estate' -

https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/buffy-sainte-marie

The part that really bothers me isn't just the personal or professional deception - that's pretty awful.

What I find really disturbing is that the media and entertainment businesses that obviously knew about this long ago, and never bothered to correct this because she made money for them.

And I don't buy the idea that she never knew her own background -

Even Sainte-Marie herself confirmed that she was born in the United States.

In March 1982, she signed a marriage certificate making her union with Hollywood composer Jack Nitzsche official. On the certificate, obtained from the County of Los Angeles, Sainte-Marie certified that she was born on Feb. 20, 1941, in Massachusetts to Albert and Winifred St. Marie.