Buffy Sainte-Marie ~ Creative Native

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Buffy Sainte-Marie

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Birth name Beverly Sainte-Marie
Born August 2, 1941 (1941-20-02) (age 66)
Origin Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan, Canada
Genre(s) folk music, rock music, country music, electronic music
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter, record producer, visual artist, educator, social activist
Years active 1960-present (singer)
Label(s) Vanguard Records, Angel Records, Capitol, Island,

Buffy Sainte-Marie (born Beverly Sainte-Marie, February 20, 1941 or this date in 1942)[1][2] is an Academy Award-winning Canadian First Nations musician, composer, visual artist, pacifist[3] educator and social activist.



Contents
1 Personal life
2 Early career
3 Later career
4 Censorship
5 Awards and Honours
6 Discography
6.1 Albums
6.2 Singles
7 References
8 External links

Personal life
Buffy Sainte-Marie was born August 2, 1941 on the Piapot Cree Indian reserve in the Qu'Appelle valley, Saskatchewan, Canada. She was orphaned and later adopted and grew up in Maine and with parents Albert and Winifred Sainte-Marie who were related to her biological parents.[4] From the University of Massachusetts she holds degrees in teaching and Oriental Philosophy[5] graduating in the top ten of her class[6] and went on to earn a Ph.D. in Fine Arts. In 1964 on a return trip to the Piapot Cree reserve in Canada for a Powwow she was welcomed and (in a Cree nation context) adopted by the youngest son of Chief Piapot, Imu Piapot and his wife who added to Sainte-Marie's cultural value of and place in First Nations culture.[7]

In 1968 she married surfing teacher Dewain Bugbee of Hawaii. They divorced in 1971. She married Sheldon Wolfchild from Minnesota in 1975, and they have a son, Dakota "Cody" Starblanket Wolfchild. She married Jack Nitzsche in the early 1980s. Sainte-Marie has been in a committed relationship with Hawaiian Chuck Wilson since 1993, ("A blond boy raised in a tan community" as Sainte-Marie says).[7] She currently lives on Kauai[8].

She became an active friend of the Bahá'í Faith by the mid-1970s when she is said to have appeared in the 1973 Third National Baha'i Youth Conference at the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds, Oklahoma City, OK, with several artists including Seals & Crofts and has continued to appear at concerts, conferences and conventions of that religion since then. In 1992 Sainte-Marie appeared in the musical event prelude to the Bahá'í World Congress; a double concert "Live Unity: The Sound of the World" in 1992 with video broadcast and documentary.[9] In the video documentary of the event Sainte-Marie is seen on the Dini Petty Show explaining the Bahá'í Faith teaching of Progressive Revelation.[10]

In 1996 she received an honourary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Regina in Canada. In 2007 she received an honourary Doctor of Letters from Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[11] On 13 June 2008, she received an honourary Doctor of Laws degree from Carleton University, in Ottawa, Canada [12]

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CANADIAN ABORIGINAL MUSIC AWARDS
LIFETIME CONTRIBUTION TO ABORIGINAL MUSIC.

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  • elly May 23, 2012 @ 7:00 am | delete
    A beautiful woman. She didn´t need plastic surgery, Silicone or Botox.
    Look at her ... a wonderful relaxed, wise human being with a heart of gold.

    I take a deep bow.
  • Oct 1, 2010 @ 11:11 pm | delete
    I love the rich and vibrant colors of her art, and what a powerful voice! Amazingly talented woman!
  • susannaduffy Jun 30, 2009 @ 6:18 pm | delete
    Oh my word, I had almost forgotten about Buffy. I had all of her records, my girlfriend and I learned all of her songs (I even got myself a jaw-harp) and we performed them, not too well but with enthusiasm, in various small smokey coffee lounges. That was a long, long time ago. Thanks for the memories
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    Interesting lens on an interesting person. You know, "Creative Native" would make a great title for another lens!!!

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