Buffy Sainte-Marie

Acting

Born: 1941-02-20

Gender: Female

Popularity: 0.2

Biography

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. Orphaned as an infant in Canada when her mother, a Plains Cree, died in an auto accident, Sainte-Marie was adopted by an U.S. couple of Mi’kmaq ancestry and raised in Massachusetts & Maine. Her earliest days as a self-taught folk singer were spent shaking up the coffeehouses and consciousnesses in Greenwich Village and helping Joni Mitchell get discovered. Along with her lifelong commitment to and advocacy for Indigenous and Aboriginal people around the world, she has changed the education system from within, and maintained an unwavering passion for social justice, equality and the Earth mixed with her love of sound and songs. Her legacy is that of as an ever-curious, ever-evolving, and technologically pioneering musician, producer, composer and artist — despite her inability to read a note of music.

Awards & Nominations26 won · 6 nominated

🏆 Won

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

2022

🏆 Won

Juno Award for Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year

Power in the Blood

2016

🏆 Won

"Spirit of Americana" Free Speech Award

2015

🏆 Won

Polaris Music Prize

Power in the Blood

2015

🏆 Won

honorary doctorate from the University of British Columbia

2012

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honorary doctorate

2010

🏆 Won

Governor General's Performing Arts Award

2010

🏆 Won

honorary doctorate from the Western University

2009

🏆 Won

Juno Award for Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year

Running for the Drum

2009

Nominated

Juno Award for Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year

Running for the Drum

2009

Nominated

Juno Award for Music DVD of the Year

2009

🏆 Won

honorary doctorate from Carleton University

2008

🏆 Won

honorary doctorate

2007

🏆 Won

Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame

Universal Soldier

2005

🏆 Won

honorary doctorate

2003

🏆 Won

honorary doctorate

2000

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Canada's Walk of Fame

1999

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Gemini Award

Up Where We Belong

1997

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Officer of the Order of Canada

1997

🏆 Won

Juno Award for Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year

Up Where We Belong

1997

Nominated

Juno Award for Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year

1997

🏆 Won

honorary doctorate

1996

🏆 Won

Canadian Music Hall of Fame

1995

🏆 Won

BAFTA Award for Best Original Song

Up Where We Belong

1984

Nominated

BAFTA Award for Best Original Song

Up Where We Belong

1984

🏆 Won

Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song

Up Where We Belong

1983

🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Original Song

Up Where We Belong

1983

🏆 Won

honorary doctorate

1983

Nominated

Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song

Up Where We Belong

1982

Nominated

Academy Award for Best Original Song

Up Where We Belong

1982

🏆 Won

Juno Humanitarian Award

🏆 Won

Companion of the Order of Canada

Buffy Sainte-Marie

Biography

Awards & Nominations26 won · 6 nominated

Acting27 titles

Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World

Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson

Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation

Dinah!

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

Top of the Pops

The Merv Griffin Show

Saint Misbehavin': The Wavy Gravy Movie

The Virginian

Austin City Limits

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Festival

Broken Rainbow

Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble

Kraft Music Hall

Then Came Bronson

The Broken Chain

Uranium

As Long as the Rivers Run

Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life

The Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking the Domination Code

Walkabout to Hollywood

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

The Creative Person: The Folksinger

On the Trail of Easy Rider: 40 Years On... Still Searching for America

Sound4 titles

The Great Spirit Within the Hole

Where the Spirit Lives

Stripper

Harold of Orange