Buffy Sainte-Marie
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2022 · Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On as Self
- 2020 · Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble as Self
- 2017 · Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World as Self
- 2015 · The Doctrine of Discovery: Unmasking the Domination Code as Narrator
- 2013 · Greenwich Village: Music That Defined a Generation as Self
- 2010 · Saint Misbehavin': The Wavy Gravy Movie as Self
- 2010 · Buffy as Self
- 2006 · Buffy Sainte-Marie: A Multimedia Life as Self
- 1999 · Making a Noise: A Native American Musical Journey with Robbie Robertson as Self - Cree (archive footage)
- 1995 · Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child as The Spirit (voice)
- 1993 · The Broken Chain as Gesina 'Grandmother' / Seth's Wife
- 1990 · Uranium as Narrator (voice)
- 1985 · Broken Rainbow as Translator's Voice (voice)
- 1980 · Walkabout to Hollywood as Self
- 1979 · A Walking Tour of Sesame Street as Buffy (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1975 · Austin City Limits as Self
- 1974 · Dinah! as Self
- 1971 · As Long as the Rivers Run as Self
- 1969 · Then Came Bronson as
- 1969 · The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour as Self
- 1967 · Festival as Self
- 1964 · Top of the Pops as Self
- 1962 · The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- 1962 · The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- 1962 · The Virginian as Nai'Be
- 1958 · Kraft Music Hall as Self