Buffy Sainte-Marie
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- Series: Magill's Choice: American Indian Biographies, Revised Edition
- Categories: Music
- Subcategories: Musicians, Singers, Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: American Indian History, Canadian History, Women's history
Article abstract: From the mid-1960's through the 1970's, Buffy Sainte-Marie was a popular folksinger who championed Native American causes.
Beverly “Buffy” Sainte-Marie was born to Cree parents on the Piapot Reserve at Craven, Saskatchewan, Canada, but she was orphaned within the first year of her life. She was adopted by a couple in Massachusetts who were part Micmac. She graduated from the University of Massachusetts in 1963 with a B.A. degree in philosophy, having honed her skills as a folksinger at coffeehouses in the “Five College” region of...
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