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Buffy Sainte-Marie: Let First Nations decide
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Seriously, the only people who can 100% say if she is or isnt are actual natives.
A little bit off topic but I know plenty of white presenting people who have some native ancestry that know fuck all about native culture, Mostly because of the residential school fuckery. Many of them would like to learn more about the heritage that has basically been erased from their family's identity but hold back because they dont want to get labeled as a faker or whatever the native version of a weeaboo is. A few have gotten their status cards and have started to get involved, but who does and doesn't get their status seems random at times.
I know the entire spectrum of Native identity and I know and am friends with a whole bunch of them. I know Native people with full ancestry who for one reason or another don't have official status. I know people who were born into families through marriage and have no bit of Native DNA but have full status because their families and their communities accept them. I know people with majority ancestry who can't get recognition and I know people with one distant ancestor five generations behind them which allowed them to gain status.
The biggest problem with Santa Maria is not her identity or how she is identifies, who identifies her or in what way .... the biggest issue is her dishonesty. She started from a lie, grew that lie and now lives off that lie and no one wants to talk about it. If she had been honest from the start ... hell if she were honest about it now ... it would be a lot easier for everyone to get over this controversy.