Manitoba's Indigenous arts community grapples with revelations from Buffy Sainte-Marie documentary

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A Cree and Métis singer-songwriter from Winnipeg says he's struggling with his feelings after an investigation by CBC's The Fifth Estate that calls into question singer and activist Buffy Sainte-Marie's claims to Indigenous ancestry.

Don Amero described his feelings following the report as "grey."

Amero said he has met Sainte-Marie many times over his career, and feels he owes her a debt of gratitude for opening doors for him and other Indigenous artists.

"To get to this place in my career as an Indigenous artist, I stand on the shoulders of giants, and Buffy is one of those giants that kicked open the doors for a person like me," he said.

After watching the Fifth Estate documentary, he says there are certainly questions that are shaking people within the community, but Sainte-Marie's long legacy makes it difficult to know how to respond.