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Buffy Sainte-Marie, OC (born Beverly Jean Santamaria; February 20, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and social activist. Sainte-Marie's singing and writing repertoire includes subjects of love, war, religion, and mysticism.
Nov 23, 2023 · The singer-songwriter and activist says the CBC investigation was full of mistakes and omissions, and that her identity is not based on paperwork but on community and culture. She accuses the broadcaster of re-traumatizing her with allegations of abuse and lies, and of quoting her without her consent.
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- Kelly Geraldine Malone
Oct 27, 2023 · The iconic singer-songwriter has long claimed to be a Cree woman born in Canada, but CBC found evidence that she was born in the U.S. and has European roots. The story explores the complex and controversial issue of Indigenous identity in Canada.
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Aug 3, 2023 · Visit the official site of Buffy Sainte-Marie, the legendary singer-songwriter and activist. Find out about her latest news, projects, artwork, tour dates and live music photo gallery.
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- Andrea Warner
- She was born Beverly Sainte-Marie on Feb. 20, 1941, on the Piapot Cree First Nation reserve in the Qu'Appelle Valley, Sask.
- Sainte-Marie taught herself to play piano at age 3 and began setting her poems to music at the age of four.
- At 16, she taught herself guitar and ultimately invented 32 different ways of tuning her instrument, creating sounds completely unique to her music.
- Sainte-Marie was so inquisitive that she would even take apart the vacuum cleaner and try to create her own headphones by hooking its tubes to the broken record player.
Sep 2, 2008 · Buffy Sainte-Marie is a pioneering and influential singer-songwriter. Since the early 1960s, she has identified as Cree from the Piapot First Nation in Saskatchewan. She was an important figure in the Greenwich Village and Toronto folk music revivals in the 1960s, and is perhaps best known for her 1964 anti-war anthem “Universal Soldier.”
Jun 28, 2024 · Buffy Sainte-Marie (born February 20, 1941/42, Piapot Reserve, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a 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.
