Unmaking an icon named Buffy Sainte-Marie: “As a child I was presented a Cree hero on a platform built by the media. With her image in doubt, how much is the media to blame?” Kevin Ward writes. Kevin, a member of the Mikisew Cree First Nation, lives on Coast Salish traditional territory in Metro Vancouver. Published Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. 

https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/10/31/Unmaking-Icon-Buffy-Sainte-Marie/

Unmaking an icon named Buffy Sainte-Marie: “As a child I was presented a Cree hero on a platform built by the media. With her image in doubt, how much is the media to blame?” Kevin Ward writes. Kevin, a member of the Mikisew Cree First Nation, lives on Coast Salish traditional territory in Metro Vancouver. Published Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023. https://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2023/10/31/Unmaking-Icon-Buffy-Sainte-Marie/

Unmaking an Icon Named Buffy Sainte-Marie

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