Buffy Sainte-Marie
Buffy Sainte-Marie | |
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Sainte-Marie in 2015 | |
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| Birth name | Beverley Jean Santamaria |
| Born | February 20, 1941 Stoneham, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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| Years active | 1963–2023 (touring) |
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| Spouses | Dewain Bugbee
(m. 1968; div. 1971)Sheldon Wolfchild
(m. 1975, divorced)Jack Nitzsche
(m. 1982; div. 1989) |
| Website | buffysainte-marie |
Buffy Sainte-Marie (born Beverley Jean Santamaria;[1] February 20, 1941[2]) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and social activist.[3]
Sainte-Marie's singing and writing repertoire includes subjects of love, war, religion, and mysticism, and her work has often focused on issues facing Indigenous peoples of the United States and Canada. She has won recognition, awards, and honors for her music as well as her work in education and social activism. In 1983, her co-written song "Up Where We Belong", for the film An Officer and a Gentleman, won the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 55th Academy Awards.[4][5] The song also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song that same year.[6]
Since the early 1960s, Sainte-Marie claimed Indigenous Canadian ancestry, but a 2023 investigation by CBC News concluded she was born in the United States and is of Italian and English descent.[1] Some Indigenous musicians and organizations called for awards she won while falsely claiming an Indigenous identity to be rescinded.[7][8][9][10][11] In 2025, many of her awards and honors were revoked, including her membership in the Order of Canada, her induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, her Juno Awards, and her Polaris Music Prizes.[12][13]
- ^ a b Leo, Geoff; Woloshyn, Roxanna; Guerriero, Linda (October 27, 2023). "Who is the real Buffy Sainte-Marie?". CBC News. Archived from the original on October 27, 2023.
- ^ "Encyclopedia of the Great Plains | SAINTE-MARIE, BUFFY (b. 1941)". Plainshumanities.unl.edu. Archived from the original on May 25, 2022. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
- ^ More than 26.5 million copies sold worldwide as per Buffy Saint-Marie biography/profile Archived May 31, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Manoukian, Marina (April 20, 2021). "Buffy Sainte-Marie: The First Indigenous Person To Win An Academy Award - Grunge". Grunge.com. Archived from the original on October 13, 2022. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
- ^ ""An Officer and a Gentleman" (NY)". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. September 16, 2014. Archived from the original on June 3, 2020. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
Academy Award winner: Music – Original Song ("Up Where We Belong", Music by Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie; Lyrics by Will Jennings)
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- ^ Chong, Richie Assaly, Joshua (March 7, 2025). "Buffy Sainte-Marie stripped of Polaris Music Prize, Juno Awards and Canadian Music Hall of Fame induction". Toronto Star. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
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