LilMikeSF<p>After decades of artistic liberties, folk singer Buffy Sainte-Marie' admits she is not <a href="https://c.im/tags/Canadian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canadian</span></a> and her <a href="https://c.im/tags/Polaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Polaris</span></a> music prize was revoked.</p><p>That same day, the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Canadian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canadian</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Academy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Academy</span></a> of Recording Arts and Sciences said in a news release: "Following a thorough review, consultations with the CARAS <a href="https://c.im/tags/IndigenousMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousMusic</span></a> Advisory Committee, and in light of recent information, including Ms. Sainte-Marie’s confirmation that she is not Canadian, <a href="https://c.im/tags/CARAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CARAS</span></a> will revoke Buffy Sainte-Marie's <a href="https://c.im/tags/JUNOAwards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JUNOAwards</span></a> and Canadian Music <a href="https://c.im/tags/HallofFame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HallofFame</span></a> induction in accordance with its eligibility requirements."</p><p>While long swirling rumors of native ancestry go unchecked , it has been investigated that the octogenarian folk music artist had no genetic ties to indigenous tribal ancestry. Sainte-Marie has said that when she was a young adult she was <a href="https://c.im/tags/adopted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adopted</span></a> by a <a href="https://c.im/tags/Cree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cree</span></a> family in the Canadian <a href="https://c.im/tags/province" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>province</span></a> of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Saskatchewan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Saskatchewan</span></a> and has "lived with uncertainty" about her true heritage.</p><p><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2025/03/10/buffy-sainte-marie-juno-awards-polaris-music-prize/82238177007/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">usatoday.com/story/entertainme</span><span class="invisible">nt/music/2025/03/10/buffy-sainte-marie-juno-awards-polaris-music-prize/82238177007/</span></a></p>