Source: Variety
“Oscar-winning songwriter and Canadian Music Hall of Fame inductee Buffy Sainte-Marie, known for the anti-war song ‘Universal Soldier’ and stolen-land lament ‘Now That the Buffalo’s Gone,’ has had her prestigious Order of Canada appointment terminated. The award is the country’s highest honor presented to a civilian. … No specific reason for the termination was stated, but an investigation by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s ‘Fifth Estate’ show, published on Oct. 27, 2023 and now viewed on YouTube 1.5 million times, alleges that Sainte-Marie fabricated her Indigeneity, and presented a birth certificate shown on camera listing Stoneham, Mass. as her place of birth, ‘color of race’ as ‘white,’ and birth name as Beverly Jean Santamaria.” (02/08/25)
https://variety.com/2025/music/news/buffy-sainte-marie-stripped-order-of-canada-1236301460/