Buffy Sainte-Marie
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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.
