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Buffy Sainte-Marie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Buffy Sainte-Marie (born February 20, 1941) is a Canadian First Nations musician, composer, visual artist, educator and social activist. She won a Gemini Award in 1997 for her TV special Buffy Sainte-Marie: Up Where We Belong, which was the first time she had performed her famous song to a live audience. She was born on a Cree reserve in the Qu'Appelle valley, Saskatchewan. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Buffy_Sainte-Marie   (284 words)

Buffy Sainte-Marie Biography Buffy Sainte-Marie was a graduating college senior in 1962 and hit the ground running in the early the Sixties, after the beatniks and before the hippies. Buffy Sainte-Marie's work is a reflection of her own life - extremely varied and unique - and her special skill is in joining seemingly unrelated ideas: A pacifist and a general. Buffy continues to draw huge crowds on the concert circuit - she played to 210,000 people in Denmark and a million people in Washington DC for the Smithsonian's 150th birthday- but she never forgets her own people and performs regularly on the smallest of reservations across North America. www.creative-native.com /biograp.htm   (1132 words)

Buffy Sainte-Marie Buffy Sainte-Marie was born on a Cree Indian reserve in Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskachewan, Canada. Buffy Sainte-Marie is famous for singing folk songs and being a friend to native Americans. Buffy sang about the things that were happening in her life, about her sad things and her happy things. www2.lhric.org /pocantico/womenenc/sainte-marie.htm   (266 words)

Buffy Sainte-Marie: bio and encyclopedia article She won a Gemini Award (additional info and facts about Gemini Award) in 1997 for her TV Special Buffy Sainte-Marie:Up Where we Belong which is also notable as the first time she had performed her famous song to a live audience. She was made an Officer of the Order of Canada (additional info and facts about Order of Canada) in 1998. She appeared in the television movie The Broken Chain with Pierce Brosnan (additional info and facts about Pierce Brosnan). www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/bu/buffy_sainte-marie1.htm   (229 words)

Buffy Sainte-Marie - Northern Stars Buffy Sainte-Marie was given the Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Indian College Fund and has been named an Officer in the Order of Canada, which is the highest civilian honor our country can bestow. Buffy was presented with the Louis T. Delgado Award as 1997's Native American Philanthropist of the Year for her work in the Cradleboard Teaching Project. Buffy lives in Hawaii and commutes to continental North America several times a year where she teaches digital art and music as Adjunct Professor of Fine Arts at several www.northernstars.ca /actorsstu/saintemariebio.html   (565 words)

Songwriter plans a Bozeman stop - billingsgazette.com Sainte Marie, who was born on the Cree reservation in Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan, Canada, is known for her music but is also an educator and artist who has spent decades developing and fostering education for Native American students grounded in history and culture. Sainte Marie's speech, which is sponsored by the Tribal College Librarians Institute and the Montana State University Libraries, is free and open to the public. The project, founded by Sainte Marie in 1996, is an interactive educational series about American Indian culture in the past, present and future. www.billingsgazette.com /index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/06/15/build/state/80-sainte-marie.inc   (281 words)

Buffy Sainte-Marie Buffy Sainte-Marie's passionate and powerful songs of protest were huge hits in the early 60s. After time out for motherhood, she made a major comeback on the music scene in 1993 and now draws huge crowds in Europe, Canada, and the U.S. Buffy Sainte-Marie was born on a Cree reservation in Saskatchewan, and was adopted and raised in Maine and Massachusetts. Buffy Saint-Marie's performance is held in conjunction with the Spirit of the Harvest Festival, sponsored by the Office of Educational Opportunity (487-2920) at Michigan Tech. www.greatevents.mtu.edu /gevents/gep10.html   (257 words)

Biography: Buffy Sainte-Marie But what Buffy Sainte-Marie is best known for is song writing. Buffy was of the latter group, and a loner. In 1966, Buffy had made the first ever electronic quadraphonic vocal album, and she has continued to cut across musical stereotypes, scoring movies and blazing a personal trail through digital music, while never straying far from the heart of intimate song writing. www.firstnationsdrum.com /biography/fall98_buffy.htm   (1111 words)

Woman Chief ~ The Integrity of Buffy Sainte-Marie Buffy Sainte-Marie is one of those women like Barbara Streisand and Tina Turner, whose attractiveness is in spite of what a judging eye would call flaws. What a pleasure it was, to discover Buffy Sainte-Marie on Sesame Street. The powerful, vital personalities of the popular music scene of the sixties, with the exception of Bob Dylan, have turned out to be the women. www.dancingbadger.com /buffy.html   (419 words)

Buffy Sainte-Marie: What's new?? Buffy was presented with her second medal from Queen Elizabeth II (the first was in 1982)--Saskatchewan, October 2002 Buffy was one of the first to have a personal web page on the internet. Buffy created the basic Cradleboard curriculum, and designed and created the CD-ROM, "Science: Through Native American Eyes" on her Macintosh. www.mouthbow.org /whatsnew.html   (529 words)

Cradleboard Curricula Connect for Kids That’s the underlying philosophy that the popular American Indian singer, Buffy Sainte Marie (Cree), has used to launch her baby—the Cradleboard Teaching Project. Sainte Marie’s involvement with technology (long before the late-1990s rage of Moby and other electronic music artists, she wrote and performed one of the first electro-beats) helped her turn the Indian studies units she wrote for her fifth grade son’s class into a World Wide Web teaching tool. Noticing that only Sainte Marie’s eyes are visible even when she is talking in the video, one might guess that she is trying to get the point of “science through Indian eyes” across in an artistic manner. www.connectforkids.org /node/501   (1488 words)

Howard Rheingold's Tomorrow: Buffy Sainte Marie Buffy Sainte-Marie and others are catching on to the fact that new communication technologies are making it possible for groups ignored by the mass media to get their own messages across. Buffy Sainte-Marie continues to make music (she has a new CD out, "Coincidence and Likely Stories"), and pursues her passion for digital visual art. If you are in your mid-forties, you probably remember Buffy Sainte-Marie's clear voice with its otherworldly tremolo, singing about peace and justice, the voice of a strong Indian woman who stood up and sang out in the early sixties. www.well.com /user/hlr/tomorrow/buffy.html   (539 words)

American Folk Music - Buffy Sainte-Marie -> Sweet Honey In The Rock The digital reissue of Buffy Sainte-Marie's last Vanguard album, from 1973, an outing in which she continued her search for an audience beyond the 60's folk crowd which she originally charmed. After being knocked out by Buffy's Ensign album (now out of print) I decided to go back and listen to some of her earlier recordings and there is no better introduction to her 60s recordings than this 24 track, 71 minute collection drawn from her many Vanguard albums of the 60s and early 70s. In spite of the diversity of material Buffy almost always sounds comfortable with only a couple of pieces sounding dated. www.rootsandrhythm.com /roots/AMERICANFOLK/americanfolk_s.htm   (2989 words)

Sainte-Marie, Buffy Sainte-Marie appeared on several CBC radio and TV shows, including a Superspecial in 1978, Pascan: Pow Wow in 1982, and The Many Moods of Buffy Sainte-Marie in 1983. In the course of her LPs for Vanguard Sainte-Marie moved away from the folk idiom: I'm Gonna Be a Country Girl Again (1968) was in a country style and Illuminations (1970) introduced the electronics that presaged her use of synthesizers in concert during the 1980s. She appeared in concert halls (Massey Hall, NAC), at folk festivals, performed at Harbourfront (for Canada Day in 1984 and WOMAD in 1988), and sang frequently for Native communities and to benefit Native organizations. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=U1ARTU0003082   (762 words)

Canada's Walk of Fame: Buffy Sainte-Marie, musician Born on the Piapot Reserve in Saskatchewan's Qu'Appelle Valley, Buffy Sainte-Marie was a writer of protest and love songs that became classics in the 1960s, and were recorded by such artists as Barbara Streisand, Elvis Presley, Neil Diamond, and Janis Joplin. Her most recent album was a performance, "Live at Carnegie Hall." Now a resident of Hawaii, Sainte-Marie was inducted into the Juno Hall of Fame in 1995, and named an officer in the Order of Canada in 1997. Buffy was adopted and raised in Maine and Massachusetts. www.canadaswalkoffame.com /inductees/99_buffy_sante-marie.xml   (469 words)

Buffy Sainte-Marie Tribute to Buffy (Sainte-Marie with a new rose). Buffy Sainte-Marie caught the attention of a changing nation with her debut album Buffy Sainte-Marie headlines Dudley George benefit concert (News From Indian Country) www.infoplease.com /ipea/A0884987.html   (241 words)

ESP~Buffy Sainte-Marie Canada's most famous aboriginal, Buffy Sainte-Marie, is an artist of remarkable accomplishment. Buffy won an Oscar for the song from the hit movie "An Officer and a Gentleman", "Love Lifts Us Up Where We Belong". She is the first Canadian and the first native person to receive such and honor. www.espentertainment.com /buffystmarie.htm   (149 words)

Roses of Excellence • Buffy Sainte-Marie There are several photos of 'Buffy Sainte-Marie' in my Floribunda Gallery. This rose has a special story to it : It is named after the well known folk singer Buffy Sainte-Marie, who is a First Nations Canadian born in Saskatchewan. After one more year of tests I applied for the registration and in June 1998, just in time for the Seattle rose show, it was accepted by the I.R.A.R. At it's first show, 'Buffy Sainte-Marie' won the Trophy for Best Single disbudded Floribunda. www3.telus.net /georgemander/stories/buffy.html   (786 words)

Buffy Sainte-Marie News BOZEMAN Folk singer Buffy Sainte Marie plans to talk about American Indian education when she appears at the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, this month. Folk singer Buffy Sainte Marie to speak in Bozeman The unlikely combo of U.S. comedian Bill Cosby and Canadian music icon Buffy Sainte-Marie will be on the same concert bill Friday at Winnipeg's Centennial Concert Hall. www.topix.net /who/buffy-sainte-marie   (175 words)

VH1.com : Buffy Sainte-Marie : Biography Buffy Sainte-Marie has enjoyed a long career that has seen her rise to stardom on the folk circuit and try her hand at country, rock, soundtrack themes, acting, Add a link to your "Buffy Sainte-Marie" fan site on VH1.com! For most listeners, she remains identified with the material she wrote and sang for Vanguard in the mid-'60s. www.vh1.com /artists/az/sainte_marie_buffy/bio.jhtml   (445 words)

Amazon.com: The Best of Buffy Sainte-Marie, Vol. 2: Music Buy this album with Little Wheel Spin and Spin ~ Buffy Sainte-Marie today! Buffy Ste.Marie has been enchanting me and many others for more than 30 years. Buffy has been around since the early 70's (if not earlier) this is one of her better albums. www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000000EBP?v=glance   (670 words)

Amazon.com: Buffy Sainte Marie - Up Where We Belong: DVD: Buffy Sainte-Marie Buffy Sainte-Marie: Up Where We Belong features Buffy Sainte- Marie in concert along with aboriginal singing groups Red Bull and Stoney Park, twice world-champion powwow singers from Alberta, Canada. Buffy Sainte-Marie: Up Where We Belong touches on the many aspects of the life and music of this singer, songwriter, artist, activist and scholar. Buffy has the kind of voice that sounds like it alternately full of tears, and full of fire. www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6305943036?v=glance   (1873 words)

Buffy Sainte-Marie - News & Links Buffy Sainte-Marie, a legend in her own time. Check here for biographical info, art gallery, Buffy touring info and dates, new album notes, discography, and the Cradleboard Teaching Project. Painting With Light: From a speech given at the Institute for American Indian Arts in Santa Fe; an interview with the artist; and samples of her current artwork. www.vanguardrecords.com /Buffy/News.html   (125 words)

Buffy Sainte-Marie Buffy Sainte-Marie ist eine Cree von der Piapot-Reservation in Saskatchewan, Kanada. Buffy wurde als Liedermacherin und Protestlerin in den Sechzigern berühmt, ist immer sehr experimentierfreudig (die CDs sind recht unterschiedlich) und heute für ihre multimedialen Aktivitäten bekannt. Enthält neben der Biographie, Bildern und Musik auch die Cyberkunst und politischen Aktivitäten von Buffy. www.indianermusik.de /artists/sainte_marie.htm   (247 words)

Buffy Sainte-Marie Currently working on four albums, including a Christmas record and a children's project, Buffy Sainte-Marie is also spending much of her time these days teaching native musicians about copyright protection. Being inducted into the Juno Hall Of Fame isn't going to stop BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE from speaking her mind. A Cree singer, songwriter, actress, artist and activist who has spent her life crusading for native rights and cultural protection, the 54-year-old Saskatchewan native says the Best Music Of Aboriginal Canada Juno category she helped create last year simply isn't enough. www.octopusmediaink.com /Buffy.html   (583 words)

The History of Rock Music. Buffy Sainte-Marie: biography, discography, reviews, links Buffy Sainte-Marie, a Native American mestizo who joined the throngs of Greenwich Village pacifists with Universal Soldier (1964), also wrote the celebrated Codine (1964), Until It's Time For You To Go (1966) and Piney Wood Hills (1967). In 1968, along with everybody else, Buffy Sainte-Marie converted to Nashville with I'm Gonna Be A Country Girl Again (Vanguard, 1968), but gave her best with Illuminations (Vanguard, 1969). Buffy Sainte-Marie, una mezza pellerossa che si uni` alle schiere dei pacifisti del Greenwich Village con Universal Soldier (1964), scrisse anche le celebri Codine (1964), Until It's Time For You To Go (1966) e Piney Wood Hills (1967). www.scaruffi.com /vol1/saintmar.html   (353 words)

Leonard Cohen: God is Alive, Magic is Afoot Buffy uses the following finger picking style for an introduction as well as for accompaniment throughout. listen to Buffy's record and try your own chord progression Though his words were twisted the naked magic thrived Though his death was published Round and round the world The heart did not believe. Many stones were rolled but God would not lie down. www.leonardcohenfiles.com /god-is-alive.html   (456 words)

Buffy Sainte-Marie - Up Where We Belong DVD Features Native American singer-songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie is probably most famous for her theme song to AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN, "Up Where We Belong". Up Where We Belong features Buffy Sainte-Marie in concert, along with aboriginal singing groups Red Bull and Stoney Park, twice world-champion powwow singers from Alberta, Canada. Sainte-Marie sings hits, which she also wrote, ranging from protest anthems to classic love songs. www.rottentomatoes.com /m/buffy_saintemarie_up_where_we_belong/dvd.php?select=2   (439 words)

Arts Music Bands and Artists S Sa Sainte-Marie, Buffy Buffy Sainte-Marie, a Legend in Her Own Time - Fan site with biography, discography, lyrics, and photos. Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Phone Call to Hawaii - Phone interview discussing digital music with an explanation of the protest song, "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee". Magazine: Buffy's New Gigabyte - The feminist magazine talks to Buffy Sainte-Marie about her "digital" lifestyle. www.iper1.com /iper1-odp/scat/id/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/S/Sa/Sainte-Marie,_Buffy   (203 words)

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