About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Graham Greene, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Cree Summer, Adam Beach, Tahmoh Penikett, Chief Dan George, Jay Silverheels, Glen Meadmore, Tom Jackson, Shannon Baker, Nathaniel Arcand, Shauna Baker, Michael Greyeyes, Dark Cloud, Chief White Eagle, George Clutesi, Tantoo Cardinal, Gordon Tootoosis, Jimmy Herman, Lorne Cardinal, Rainbow Sun Francks, Tina Keeper, Gary Farmer, Andrea Menard, Evan Adams, Alex Rice, Bronson Pelletier, Annick Obonsawin, Columpa Bobb, List of First Nations actors, Billy Merasty, Byron Chief-Moon, Simon R. Baker, Buckley Petawabano, Crystle Lightning, Waawaate Fobister, Darrell Dennis, Rene Highway, Sean Wei Mah, Morris Birdyellowhead, George Leach, Wilma Pelly, Paul-Andre Brasseur, Lili Francks, Cheri Maracle. Excerpt: Buffy Sainte-Marie, OC (born February 20, 1941) is a Canadian Cree singer-songwriter, musician, composer, visual artist, educator, pacifist, and social activist. Throughout her career in all of these areas, her work has focused on issues of Indigenous peoples of the Americas. Her singing and writing repertoire includes subjects of love, war, religion, and mysticism. She recorded one country album, I'm Gonna Be a Country Girl Again, in Nashville, and her Academy Award-winning "Up Where We Belong" is considered "pure pop." She founded the Cradleboard Teaching Project, an educational curriculum devoted to better understanding of Native Americans. She has won recognition and many awards and honours for both her music and her work in education and social activism. She was born Beverly Sainte-Marie in 1941 on the Piapot Cree Indian reserve in the Qu'Appelle valley, Saskatchewan, Canada. She was orphaned and later adopted, growing up in Maine with parents Albert and Winifred Sainte-Marie, who were related to her biological parents. She attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, earning...
