Quote from: Sparks on December 05, 2023, 07:48:18 PMQuoting excerpts from this article: https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/lifestyle/arts-and-entertainment/front-row-seat-bob-dylan-buffy-sainte-marie-and-reckoning-over-folk-revival
Front Row Seat: Bob Dylan, Buffy Sainte-Marie and reckoning over folk revival
CBC News has produced evidence that Buffy Sainte-Marie has been untruthful about her purported origins. There are echoes in the story of Bob Dylan, a fellow folkie born in Duluth the same year.
By Jay Gabler — November 23, 2023 at 6:00 AM
QuoteAre you free? Or did your parents sign you away to the corporation? How many parents out there sold their child out to be abducted by the system? Did you sell your child's placenta or did you keep it for healing later in life? I did not write this but VekesohvoKomaestse Thomas Whitefeather did and it is a good idea that you read and study this.
QuoteFor those who did encounter her directly, you can probably agree with criticisms and observations that she was abrasive, borderline abusive, and received a seemingly endless amount of grace from Evergreen administration due to her identity as a Native woman. She often excused her behavior by saying she was just a "strong Native woman" and blamed others/implied others were racist for not knowing how to accept or deal with her behavior.
There are many, many stories about her berating her students and screaming at her teaching assistants. My first day at Evergreen, I watched her berate two students assisting her, screaming at them, in front of hundreds of onlookers. Nobody did anything. It was accepted behavior from her.
It's hard to put into words just how abusive she could be.