Oscar-winning songwriter and Canadian Music Hall of Fame Induator Buffy Sainte-MarieKnown for the Anti-War Song “Universal Soldier” and Stollen-Land-Complaints “now that Buffalo’s Gone” has had her prestigious order of canada meeting completed, the Toronto Star reported late on Friday. The prize is the country’s highest honor, which is awarded for a civilian.
“The message is hereby given that the appointment of Buffy Sainte-Marie to the Order of Canada was terminated by regulation signed by the governor (Mary Simon) on January 3, 2025.” The message was given by Ken Mackillop, Secretary General of the Order of Canada.
No specific reason for the dismissal is stated, but An investigation of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ”Fifth Estate“Show, published October 27, 2023 and now looked at Youtube 1.5 million timesclaims that Sainte-Marie made her indigeneity and presented a birth certificate shown on the camera lIsling Boston, Mass. Like her place of birth“Color of Race” as “white” and birth name as Beverly Jean Santamaria.
A representative of the office of the secretary of the governor told Amount Via E -Post, “The Office of the Secretary of the Director -General does not comment on the details of dismissal cases”, but pointed to the organization web sitewhich partly reads: “The recommendation of the advisory Council shall be based on evidence and governed by the principle of justice and must only be made after the Council has found the facts that it considers to be relevant.” The representative noted that more than 7,600 people from all sectors have been invested in the order since its creation in 1967. Finans are rare; Only eight people so far.
Saint-Marie, who turns 84, has spent six decades as a musician and activist and released 16 studio albums whose songs often take up war and domestic rights. Her latest was 2017’s “Medicine Songs”, which contains new and re -recordings of older materials.
Biographical information provided by her team over the years says she was born at Piapot Cree First Nations Reserve in Qu’Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan. Her authorized biography 2018 also says that she was probably born Cree, while her website said she was “believed to have been born in 1941 at Piapot First Nation Reserve in Saskatchewan and taken from her biological parents when she was an infant.”
“Sixties scoop” is a dark period in Canadian history where politics allowed for domestic children to be taken without the consent of their birth families and is adopted by white families. Sainte-Marie has often said that she does not know where she was born and does not have her birth certificate, but was adopted by Santamarias in America. In the early 20th century, she was formally adopted in the Piapot family in Piapot First Nation.
However, the investigation of Fifth Estate (a news program for “60 minutes” style) discovered information that claims that Sainte-Marie is Italian-American and that she threatened the family members to hide that information when she launched her music career in the 1960s. Family members were interviewed as part of the CBC investigation.
A much-loved figure in Canada, the report caused a split in support, some dismissed information, others who pointed to the good Sainte-Marie has done during her lifetime, while others condemned her to be a “claim”, the name given to a person who claims to be domestic or has domestic heritage.
On October 26, 2023, Sainte-Marie issued a long statement After the fifth property report, entitled “My truth as I know it”, calls them “deeply harmful accusations” and says “I’ve always struggled to answer questions who I am.” She claims that she is “proud of my indignant-American identity and the deep bands I have for Canada and my Piapot family.” She explains “what I know about my indignant ancestors I learned from my mom” and ends with “I may not be known where I was born, but I know who I am.”
Large music body in Canada that has honored Sainte-Marie throughout her career has not recalled her prices.
She has won Seven Juno AwardsThe country’s equivalent of a Grammy, including 1997’s best music from Aboriginal Canada recording, as it was then called, 2009’s Aboriginal Recording of the Year, 2016’s Aboriginal Album of the Year and 2018’s Indigenous Music Album of the Year.
In 1995, the Juno Awards introduced her in the Canadian Music Hall for fame and in 2017 gave her the Humanitarian Award. Canadian Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (Caras) did not respond to Variety’s request for comment on the latest developments and if her prices still stand.
Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame as well introduction Sainte-Marie 2019. Her song “Universal Soldier” was introduced in 2005. Her official cinema at that time, still on the CSHF website, reads, “Born in a Cree family at Piapot First Nation in Saskatchewan in 1941, Beverly Sainte-Marie was bred relatives in the eastern United States. ”
In 2015, she won Canada’s prestigious Polaris music award for her album, “Power in the Blood”, voted for by members of the music media.
In 2021, Canada Post issued a memorial stamp of Sainte-Marie and the year after the premiere of the Toronto International Film Festival premiere “Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It”, directed by Madison Thomas, who won a 2023 International Emmy Award and two Canadian Screen Award .
On November 3, 2023, after its own examination of the fifth goods’ results, Sixties Scoop Healing FoundationStanded at Sainte-Marie and described her decision in a statement. “SSHF’s Board of Directors, CEO and staff unanimously stands at Buffy Sainte-Marie as an ally and advocate for Sixties Scoop Survivor Constituents of the Foundation, whether she is a real sixty scoop Survivor,” concludes it, the conclusion, it ends, It ends, it ends, it ends, it ends, signed by the board and CEO.
