Investigating Buffy Sainte-Marie’s claims to Indigenous ancestry - The Fifth Estate

Music icon Buffy Sainte-Marie’s claims to Indigenous ancestry are being called into question by family members and a Fifth Estate investigation that includes genealogical documentation, historical research and personal accounts. The Fifth Estate examines the harms of “pretendians” — those faking Indigenous heritage. Read more: #CBCFifthEstate #BuffySainteMarie #Indigenous Making an Icon producer/director Linda Guerriero producer Roxanna Woloshyn writer Geoff Leo Roxanna Woloshyn editorial consultant Michael Dick video editor Naire Bahjat senior videographer Jonathan Castell archival material Alamy Chatelaine Magazine CP Images Detroit Free Press Facebook Getty Images Grosset and Dunlap Historica Canada Look Magazine Life Magazine Macleans Magazine Ms. Magazine Oscars Ottawa Citizen Philadelphia Inquirer Pond5 Rainbow Quest by Pete Seeger Readers Digest Saskatoon Star Phoenix Scholastic Voices Magazine Sesame Workshop Shutterstock The Boston Globe The Evening Sun The Gazette The Globe and Mail The Montreal Star The Vancouver Province To Tell The Truth / CBS Wakefield Daily YouTube graphic designers Tim Kindrachuk Froilan Untalasco graphic director Jeff Goldhar visual research Leslie Morrison media management Astoria Luzzi special thanks Jason Kline post audio Ron Searles colourist Scott McIntyre theme music Steve D’Angelo rollout producer Leanne Stepnow digital producer Janet Davison social media producers Alex Migdal Avneet Dhillon resource coordinators Marc Cormier Sam Nar project manager Victor Kerr associate director Nanci King packaging editor Alessia Protomanni coordinating associate director Rhonda Kirkpatrick senior producer Emmanuel Marchand executive producer Allya Davidson original broadcast October 27, 2023 - Subscribe for more videos from The Fifth Estate: Connect with The Fifth Estate online: Website : Instagram : About The Fifth Estate: For more than four decades, The Fifth Estate has been Canada’s premier investigative documentary program. Hosts Bob McKeown, Mark Kelley and Steven D’Souza continue a tradition of provocative and fearless journalism. The Fifth Estate brings in-depth investigations that matter to Canadians — delivering a dazzling parade of political leaders, controversial characters and ordinary people whose lives were touched by triumph or tragedy.