Buffy Sainte-Marie

(1941-)

American musician

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Buffy Sainte-Marie, CC (born Beverly Sainte-Marie, February 20, 1941) is an Indigenous Canadian-American (Piapot Cree Nation) singer-songwriter, musician, composer, visual artist, educator, pacifist, and social activist. While working in 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. Among her most popular songs are "Universal Soldier", "Cod'ine", "Until It's Time for You to Go", "Take My Hand for a While", "Now That the Buffalo's Gone", and her versions of Mickey Newbury's "Mister Can't You See" and Joni Mitchell's "The Circle Game". Her songs have been recorded by many artists including Donovan, Joe Cocker, Jennifer Warnes, Janis Joplin, and Glen Campbell.

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Born	Beverly Sainte-Marie 20 February 1941 (age 84) Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan, Canada
Zodiac	Pisces
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Dewain Bugbee - · · m. 1968; div. 1971 info edit

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Jack Nitzsche 1937-2000 · American musician, arranger, songwriter, composer and record producer · m. 1982; div. 2000 info edit

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