Buffy Sainte-Marie, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Buffy Sainte-Marie

Canadian musician

Date of Birth: 20-Feb-1941

Place of Birth: Piapot, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan, Canada

Profession: actor, writer, composer, record producer, singer-songwriter, visual artist

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

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About Buffy Sainte-Marie

  • Buffy Sainte-Marie, (born Beverly Sainte-Marie, c.
  • February 20, 1941) is an Indigenous Canadian-American singer-songwriter, musician, Oscar-winning composer, visual artist, educator, pacifist, and social activist.
  • Throughout her career in all of these areas, her work has focused on issues facing Indigenous peoples of the Americas.
  • Her singing and writing repertoire also includes subjects of love, war, religion, and mysticism.
  • She has won recognition, awards and honours for her music as well as her work in education and social activism.
  • In 1983, Buffy Sainte-Marie became the first Indigenous person to win an Oscar.
  • Her song "Up Where We Belong", co-written for the film, An Officer and a Gentleman won both the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 55th Academy Awards, as well as the Golden Globe for Best Original Song.
  • In 1997, she founded the Cradleboard Teaching Project, an educational curriculum devoted to better understanding Native Americans.

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