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Buffy Sainte-Marie stripped of Order of Canada

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russet-burbank.bsky.social•20 days ago

Already says "American" on her Wikipedia page

faolanwolf.bsky.social•20 days ago

jesus christ wow

batwingcandlewaxxe.bsky.social•20 days ago

Weird now so many "Indigenous" people from my childhood and earlier turned out to be Pretendians. Iron Eyes Cody is an obvious one, but Sacheen Littlefeather was quite a surprise. Buffy not so much, that's been going around for quite a while.

postaldudexxx.bsky.social•19 days ago

Do we know for sure if actor Billy Wirth is Native American? He played one in the action movie "War Party" and I found him pretty convincing and I heard it was possibly his family had some ancestry there but I haven't looked into it in a long time.

grahf.bsky.social•20 days ago

For people looking for some context, this episode of The Fifth Estate covers what I suspect would be the reasoning behind this decision. It's not the first time this has been covered but it's one of the more recent ones:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMsqCWNCUc4

theicecubecometh.bsky.social•20 days ago

Wasnt on my bingo card. Interesting.

glitchedfrost.bsky.social•20 days ago

I know a lot of indigenous artists who this really rattled. It took the days to get back into a steady state of mind back when the news first broke.

jilliterate.bsky.social•20 days ago

About time. Claiming to be a Sixties Scoop survivor when you're not is just ghoulish

unanimousd.bsky.social•20 days ago

OK so
1 - What exactly is (or was) an "order of canada" ?
2 - Who is Buffy
3 - Why was she "stripped of order" ?

I tried reading the article, but it was hard to follow without already knowing what it is they're talking about. I feel like other people when I try to explain a sci-fi or anime.

emote-control.bsky.social•20 days ago

1. The order of Canada is basically like you're in the Canada Hall of Fame. It's the second-highest official honour for merit, typically given to important cultural figures.
2. Folk singer who claimed she was Indigenous.
3. They haven't said, but presumably because she was lying about #2.

unanimousd.bsky.social•20 days ago

Damn. k.

anticharisma.bsky.social•20 days ago

Claimed it for like 60 years too

alcreed.bsky.social•20 days ago

For contex, eight other people have been removed from the Order, because they all committed felonies. This is huuuuuuge.

jodami.bsky.social•20 days ago

To be fair, I didn’t believe her claims anyway.

Vampires aren’t real.

shadowtodd.bsky.social•20 days ago

This is probably only of interest to Canadians but I got to break the news to an actual Canadian face-to-face that Buffy Sainte-Marie has allegedly been faking her heritage and I watched his jaw DROP

nedadata.bsky.social•20 days ago

WOW

cinematological.com•20 days ago

This has been a thing for a couple years now. She's a pretty well known pretendian

shadowtodd.bsky.social•20 days ago

yeah i know, i broke the news to him right when it dropped

bestbechdeltest.bsky.social•20 days ago

Was it Mark?

shadowtodd.bsky.social•20 days ago

I didn't even get to break the news to him that she wasn't even Canadian

kathebooks.com•20 days ago

Omg I had no idea she’s not even Canadian

lonelylupine.bsky.social•20 days ago

He probably would have exploded, leaving behind a room splattered with maple syrup.

horserenoir.xyz•20 days ago

finding out that she's an Italian from Boston was insane to me

soranetto.bsky.social•20 days ago

We grew up hearing about her. She was always a legend. This makes me suspect there is more coming out about this story soon.

soundmirrors.bsky.social•20 days ago

The story broke last year.

alcreed.bsky.social•20 days ago

That's what I'm wondering. It takes a *lot* to get booted from the Order of Canada.

shadowtodd.bsky.social•20 days ago

isn't the fact that she's not canadian plenty

soranetto.bsky.social•20 days ago

For the order to be stripped away? I believe so. I don't think it's been done for than a couple times in the past, neither of which were citizenship status.

shadowtodd.bsky.social•20 days ago

Everything you Canadians have been taught is a lie. You never burned down the White House. Steve Nash used PEDs. Celine Dion has been lip-synching this entire time. Terry Fox is still alive

derachi.com•20 days ago

Wait… I’ve been paying for healthcare this whole time!!

mikelippert.bsky.social•20 days ago

Neil young is on spotify

retromonster.bsky.social•20 days ago

Incidentally, Steve Nash also lip-syncing the whole time

poxsonus.bsky.social•20 days ago

Does that mean Ben Johnson was clean?

rynchus.bsky.social•20 days ago

Hey Canadian American relation are already near boiling point, Do you want to be the one to tip the scales?

chibiufo.bsky.social•20 days ago

Can you not please

brong72.bsky.social•20 days ago

At least they’ll be polite when they bear the crap out of you.

sailorsoapbox.bsky.social•20 days ago

Todd, aren’t we going through enough right now?

nogoodatthis.bsky.social•20 days ago

Translation: I have a death wish by making fun of Canadians at this point in history

jodami.bsky.social•20 days ago

For its population, Canada has a lot of serial killers.

Just thought that was cogent.

erikgunderson.bsky.social•20 days ago

As a Wisconsinite by birth I am in no position to throw this particular rock.

sidslang.bsky.social•20 days ago

Get Queen Celine's name out of your slanderous mouth, Yank

nycscribbler.bsky.social•20 days ago

The geese? Not even real birds.

generaltekno.bttoons.com•20 days ago

Admittedly *technically speaking* the White House burning was less us, more the British. But I think as a country we just enjoy claiming/celebrating that one as part of our national mythology

rellerman.bsky.social•20 days ago

I bet Bryan Adams even actually got his first six-string in the summer of '68!

overthought.bsky.social•20 days ago

lmao. that terry fox line alone will get you spit in every order of poutine you ever order again. fire post though.

briandermody.bsky.social•20 days ago

The Fabulous Rougeau Brothers aren’t even related???

shadowtodd.bsky.social•20 days ago

Bret Hart just admitted that he completely agreed to lose the belt to Shawn Michaels

rexor12.bsky.social•17 days ago

So when's top ten wrestling themes?

Or at least, top ten Jim Johnston tracks?

tigercat919.bsky.social•20 days ago

At this point you're going to start telling me Tim Horton wasn't a real person but just a name-up name a la Grace Karin.

jgulner.bsky.social•20 days ago

He was real, but he couldn't skate. All his playing was done using a harness suspended from the ceiling. You just couldn't tell on the TV at the time

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