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CodeDS/UK/11886
NameMarie; Buffy Sainte- (1941-); Cree singer-songwriter, musician, composer, visual artist, educator, pacifist, and social activist
Dates1941-
GenderFemale
BiographyBuffy Sainte-Marie, OC (born February 20, 1941) is a Canadian-American Cree singer-songwriter, musician, composer, visual artist, educator, pacifist, and social activist. Throughout her career in all of these areas, her work has focused on issues of Indigenous peoples of the Americas. Her singing and writing repertoire also includes subjects of love, war, religion, and mysticism.
She founded the Cradleboard Teaching Project, an educational curriculum devoted to better understanding Native Americans. She has won recognition and many awards and honours for both her music and her work in education and social activism.

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