The Polaris Prize said that the singer-songwriter is not a Canadian citizen, while the organization that administers the ...

Oscar-winning singer Buffy Sainte-Marie has had two more awards rescinded amid revelations about her heritage and nationality. Canada's prestigious Juno Awards, which recognize musical ...

Buffy Sainte-Marie has been scrubbed out of an exhibit at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights because of questions surrounding the folk singer and activist's claims of First Nations identity.

Sainte-Marie was inducted into the Hall Of Fame in 1995, and she won the Juno Humanitarian Award in 2015 and Indigenous Music Album of the Year for Medicine Songs in 2018.

It was very lovely to host the medals for awhile, but I return them with a good heart,” the singer wrote in a statement.

Singer Buffy Sainte-Marie, whose purported Indigenous lineage has been called into question, says she has returned her Order of Canada “with a good heart” and restated that she never claimed ...