BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE
Name: Buffy Sainte-Marie
Birth name: Beverly Sainte-Marie
Born: 2 August Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan, Canada
Genre: folk music, rock music, country music, electronic music
Occupation: Singer, songwriter, record producer, visual artist, educator,
social activist
Years active 1960-present (singer)
Buffy Sainte-Marie (born Beverly Sainte-Marie, February 20, 1941) is an Academy
Award-winning Canadian First Nations musician, composer, visual artist, educator
and social activist.
"Artists are the people who are able to resist the school system fragmenting us
because it's convenient to do so, when the art teacher is in competition with
the music teacher, and all creativity is in competition with the 'real'
curriculum."
Name: Buffy Sainte-Marie
Birth name: Beverly Sainte-Marie
Born: 2 August Qu'Appelle Valley, Saskatchewan, Canada
Genre: folk music, rock music, country music, electronic music
Occupation: Singer, songwriter, record producer, visual artist, educator,
social activist
Years active 1960-present (singer)
Buffy Sainte-Marie (born Beverly Sainte-Marie, February 20, 1941) is an Academy
Award-winning Canadian First Nations musician, composer, visual artist, educator
and social activist.
"Artists are the people who are able to resist the school system fragmenting us
because it's convenient to do so, when the art teacher is in competition with
the music teacher, and all creativity is in competition with the 'real'
curriculum."