Overview
- Mitchell posted photos and a short video of a swearing-in ceremony on Instagram Tuesday showing her holding an American flag in front of U.S. and Department of Homeland Security flags.
- The post confirms she has become a U.S. citizen after more than six decades living and working in the United States, reversing earlier reports that she had not naturalized.
- No statement has been offered by Mitchell’s representatives, so media coverage is based on her Instagram post and reporting from multiple outlets.
- The change removes a legal barrier to voting that Mitchell has publicly mentioned and could lead U.S. cultural lists and archives to reclassify her status.
- Mitchell was born in Alberta in 1943, moved to the U.S. in 1965, and after a 2015 brain aneurysm staged a gradual return to public performance beginning in 2022, which provides context for her recent public activity.