The Canadian government has stripped Oscar-winning singer Buffy Sainte-Marie of her Order of Canada honor. The CBC previously published a report in 2023 which alleged that Sainte-Marie lied about her Indigenous heritage.

Buffy Sainte-Marie was stripped of the Order of Canada following reports that the 83-year-old singer-activist fabricated her Indigenous background.

“Notice is hereby given that the appointment of Buffy Sainte-Marie to the Order of Canada was terminated by Ordinance signed by the Governor General on January 3, 2025,” a Feb. 8 notice in the Canada Gazette, the federal government’s official publication, stated.

Buffy Sainte-Marie has had her Order of Canada honor terminated after an investigation found she is not Indigenous as she has long claimed.

Mary Simon, the first partly indigenous person to serve as Canada’s governor general, just stripped Buffy Sainte-Marie of her appointment to the Order of Canada, the highest civilian honor in the Great White North.

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The head of the Juno Awards says he's not rushing to decide the fate of Buffy Sainte-Marie's many honours with the music organization, even after it was confirmed last week that she was stripped of her Order of Canada.

Singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie has been stripped of her appointment to the Order of Canada, the nation’s second-highest award for merit. “The Office of the Secretary to the Governor General does not comment on the specifics of termination cases,

Marie’s Order of Canada has been terminated. The singer-songwriter was appointed back in 1997, and a reason has not been given for the stripping of the honor.

Leaders at the Juno Awards say they've yet to decide the fate of Buffy Sainte-Marie's many honours with the music organization, days after it was confirmed she was stripped of her Order of Canada.