Buffy Sainte-Marie is pushing back on an investigation by CBC's The Fifth Estate that questions her Indigenous heritage, maintaining she has never lied about her identity.
Following an investigation by CBC's The Fifth Estate that found that genealogical records and historical research contradict celebrated singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie's claim that she is a Cree woman from Saskatchewan, Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with three public thinkers on Indigenous life – Niigaan Sinclair, Tanya Talaga and Drew Hayden Taylor – about the fallout and broader implications for Indigenous communities.