Buffy Sainte-Marie has released a response to the CBC investigation that called into question her Indigenous identity. The investigation was released by The Fifth Estate on Oct. 27 and is available to watch here.
At the time, the singer-songwriter did not provide a direct response, but released a pre-emptive video affirming that she had told the truth as she knew it. This week, she released a longer statement touching more directly on CBC’s report — most specifically the discovery of her birth certificate that listed the Italian-American adoptive parents as her actual birth parents.
“This is my…