Buffy Sainte-Marie
Canadian-born American singer-songwriter, guitarist, political activist, and visual artist known especially for her use of music to promote awareness of issues affecting Native Americans. Orphaned as an infant in Canada when her mother, a Plains Cree, died in an auto accident, Sainte-Marie was adopted by an U.S. couple of Mi’kmaq ancestry and raised in Massachusetts & Maine. Her earliest days as a self-taught folk singer were spent shaking up the coffeehouses and consciousnesses in Greenwich Village and helping Joni Mitchell get discovered. Along with her lifelong commitment to and advocacy for Indigenous and Aboriginal people around the world, she has changed the education system from within, and maintained an unwavering passion for social justice, equality and the Earth mixed with her love of sound and songs. Her legacy is that of as an ever-curious, ever-evolving, and technologically pioneering musician, producer, composer and artist — despite her inability to read a note of music.
Known for
Top of the Pops
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Austin City Limits
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Kraft Music Hall
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The Virginian
Nai'Be
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child
The Spirit (voice)
Then Came Bronson
Dinah!
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The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
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Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble
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Broken Rainbow
Translator's Voice (voice)
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Buffy (archive footage) (uncredited)
Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation
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Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World
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Festival
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The Broken Chain
Gesina 'Grandmother' / Seth's Wife
Saint Misbehavin': The Wavy Gravy Movie
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Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson
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As Long as the Rivers Run
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
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Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life
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Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On
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Buffy
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The Creative Person: The Folksinger
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Buffy Sainte-Marie: Up Where We Belong
Main Artist
Walkabout to Hollywood
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Uranium
Narrator (voice)
The Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking the Domination Code
Narrator
The Merv Griffin Show
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