Buffy Sainte-Marie

About

Academy Canadian-American Cree singer-songwriter of protest and love songs, including 1971's hit single "Soldier Blue."

Before Fame

She graduated as a top-ten student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Trivia

She wrote "Up Where We Belong," which won an Academy Award.

Family Life

She married Jack Nitzsche on March 19, 1982.

Associated With

Sainte-Marie's music was censored by radio stations in the United States, a move approved by President Lyndon B. Johnson.