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OTTAWA — Buffy Sainte-Marie’s Order of Canada has been terminated, with historical past of her ever having been appointed scrubbed on-line.
Notice was posted on the federal government’s official publication late Friday that Governor Common Mary Simon had cancelled Sainte-Marie’s Order of Canada by an order she signed in early January.
Friday’s posting was signed by the secretary basic of the Order of Canada.
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No cause was listed for Sainte-Marie’s termination. In an announcement, the Workplace of the Secretary to the Governor Common stated it doesn’t touch upon the specifics of termination circumstances, however added that an advisory council makes suggestions to the viceregal relating to each appointments and terminations.
The termination comes after a 2023 CBC Information investigation raised critical doubts about her claims to Indigenous identification. The singer-songwriter, now in her 80s, had lengthy made Indigenous identification a central function of her music and activism.
Whereas she initially defended herself towards questions of her Cree heritage, Sainte-Marie’s official web site eventually removed reference to her being born on Piapot First Nation, situated exterior of Regina.
The revelations despatched shock by Indigenous communities throughout Canada and led to some calling for her to be stripped of awards.
Sainte-Marie, who amassed many accolades and prestigious honours over her a long time as a musician, was awarded the Order of Canada, lengthy seen as one of many highest honours a person in Canada might obtain, again in 1997.
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In 2019, she was honoured with a promotion.
As of late Friday, historical past of Saint-Marie ever having been an Order of Canada recipient had been faraway from the Governor Common of Canada’s web site.
An archived model of Sainte-Marie’s biography learn that she had been “born of Cree dad and mom on the Piapot reserve in Saskatchewan” and was an internationally celebrated musician and “a Native rights activist.”
A response from a media consultant for Sainte-Marie has not but been returned. On her web site, Sainte-Marie was nonetheless listed as an “officer of the Order of Canada” and “companion of the Order of Canada.”
She introduced she was retiring from performing stay in August 2023.
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