Buffy Sainte-Marie

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Buffy Sainte-Marie

American singer-songwriter

Also known as: Beverly Sainte-Marie

Written by John-Carlos Perea

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Last Updated: Mar 9, 2024 • Article History

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Byname of:: Beverly Sainte-Marie

Born:: February 20, 1941/42, Piapot Reserve, Saskatchewan, Canada

Notable Works:: “Cod’ine”; “Coincidence (and Likely Stories)”; “Illuminations”; “It’s My Way!”; “Medicine Songs”; “Now That the Buffalo’s Gone”; “Power in the Blood”; “Universal Soldier”; “Up Where We Belong”

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Buffy Sainte-Marie (born February 20, 1941/42, Piapot Reserve, Saskatchewan, Canada) 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 automobile accident, Sainte-Marie was adopted by an American couple of Mi’kmaq ancestry and raised in Massachusetts and Maine. She played piano as a young child, and as a teenager she took up guitar and started composing her own songs. After completing high school, she attended the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, ...(100 of 1000 words)

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