Buffy Sainte-Marie. Is her gig about to be up?
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But that wasn't most of the population of the colony.
After the King takes over the colony from the private investors, France sends a new wave of people to the colony.
There are maybe a few hundred colonists before that, then it jumps to about 3,000.
Most of the colonists when "les Filles" show up are unmarried European men who came from Europe in the decade or so before they do.
There was very little emigration from France after 1700, and none at all after France lost the Seven Years War, (1756-63). Almost 300 years later, wouldn't it be a reasonable conclusion that by now, almost every pure laine Quebecois probably has at least one Native Canadian in their family tree? A large percentage also have Irish or Italian ancestors.
It's not as if those unmarried European male colonists would have been celibate for ten years or so. They weren't Rothchilds or Royalty, who tend to marry only relatives. Almost all of them were peasants, until the early 1960's at least.
That was my opinion in post #18:
Why is everyone making a stink about this? She self-identifies as Native. She's trans-racial. Stop being transphobic you bigots.
Did she apply “face paint” to get that dark complexion? She has now retired from the stage anyway but leaves an impressive body of “pro -indigenous “ work through her songs and activism.
Her legacy is now checkered and some Indigenous groups are even disowning her.
Her legacy is now checkered and some Indigenous groups are even disowning her.
It's only okay to appropriate gender.
Appropriating racial ancestry remains off limits, for now.
We are not an inclusive enough society to allow people to fake their racial identity proudly at this time.
I know someone who looks totally Caucasian but is 50% native. She doesn’t tell anyone this as she wants to identify herself as non-native. Well.... not always. She wants her tax breaks that she is entitled to. I wonder if Buffy St. Marie received tax breaks that she may not have been entitled to.
Wouldn't she have had to prove her Native ancestry to the government to receive tax breaks? If so, she wouldn't have been eligible.
Maybe?
The issue is your argument that the original stock was already all mixed just doesn't hold.
And, hate to say, genetic studies in the region show remarkable homogeneity.
People fucked around - of course they did, they are people.
But there is actually a pretty clear shallow gene pool in Quebec, right alongside the mixing that happens in a society with numerous ports.
The population of Quebec was quite low because it was a trading colony. The King took it over and sent troops to reinforce it. Then he paid them to stay, and sent potential wives over.
That population is almost entirely European. The filles de roi were marrying the soldiers who got sent over after the Spanish war.
Yes there is a lot of Native blood mixed in.
No it isn't everyone and no it isn't because all the men were already descended from mixed stock.
That's not who the population was.
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Not true at all. For starters, there's my dad who is fully French-Canadian and has absolutely no Natives in his very well documented family tree.
Also, his AncestryDNA, 23andMe and MyHeritage results show 0.0% Native American.
The myth at all French-Canadians have small amounts of Native ancestry is just that -- a big myth.
Another fake native from Massachusetts. Coincidence or something in the water there?
Besides, I suspect you're white, Kevin. Taking credit from indigenous people for over 60 years has zero impact on you. Her entertainment value (and your fantasies of smashing her back in the day) trump indigenous concerns.
You're 10 years too early for this opinion. In 2033 people will not only accept but celebrate fabricated racial identities. Because inclusivity.
Besides, I suspect you're white, Kevin. Taking credit from indigenous people for over 60 years has zero impact on you. Her entertainment value (and your fantasies of smashing her back in the day) trump indigenous concerns.
I guess it probably doesn't sit well if you're Native and looked up to her as a hero since childhood because you believed she was an example of a talented Native person breaking down barriers only to find out she's a fake. I guess it probably doesn't sit well when she has been bestowed many awards, accolades, recognition, and money based on her being Indigenous when she isn't. I guess pretending you understand the trauma of residential schools when you were never in one doesn't sit well with victims of the 60s Scoop.
But don't worry, folks like her may be considered trailblazers in 10 years, when falsifying your gender, race, and entire personal history are treated as progressive.
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Ok, then, let's erase everything she ever did, and tar and feather her. Let's publicly humiliate her for her heinous crime.
How is revealing the truth humiliating her?
Maybe it feels that way when you live a lie for 60 years.
She's not a victim.
Part of honoring Truth and Reconciliation is to expose the truth. Whether you like that truth or not.
