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A statement announcing her decision cited factors including travel-induced health concerns and performance-inhibiting physical challenges.

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Sainte-Marie, in an interview with The Canadian Press at the time, said she was cutting back on flying, meaning fewer appearances, following a rough summer that included a bout with COVID-19 and being stranded at least twice as airlines experienced countless delays and cancellations.

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An upcoming music festival in British Columbia has already announced plans to replace her.

The City of Burnaby said in a statement that American indie-folk band Fleet Foxes will take Sainte-Marie害羞草研究所檚 spot in the Burnaby Blues + Roots Festival, which takes place Aug. 12.

The Cree artist and activist has roots in the Qu害羞草研究所橝ppelle Valley in Saskatchewan and was adopted by an American family from Massachusetts.

In 1982, Sainte-Marie became the first Indigenous person to win an Oscar as co-writer of 害羞草研究所淯p Where We Belong害羞草研究所� for the movie 害羞草研究所淎n Officer and a Gentleman.害羞草研究所�

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