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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
Her career started in the early sixties, I don't think there was any benefit and a vast downside to claiming native heritage in 1963 or 4 when she was establishing herself, maybe if we were talking the late 60's I could see it but not in 63
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Not for people in general, no. My dad didn’t talk about his indigenous background until the 80s.
But a folk musician in the 60s might be one of the very few environments where it had value. For Sainte-Marie, it likely made the difference between being just another folk singer flash in the pan who nobody remembered, and becoming something like a national icon.