Buffy Sainte-Marie has released eighteen albums, won an Oscar, starred on Sesame Street, and she was blacklisted by the U.S. government in the 1960s and ’70s. She was also the first musician ever to deliver a CD via the internet. Buffy Sainte-Marie is a true icon and she continues to inspire people of all races.
In this interview with FACE, Buffy discusses song composition, 1980s technology and Big Bird.
Review by Richard Van Camp
First off, I must disclose my biases. Dolly and Annie Watts are my relatives. And I used to publish books with Arsenal Pulp Press under the imprint of Tillacum Library. Nevertheless, Where People Feast: An Indigenous People’s Cookbook is worth informing you about. It is the best First Nations cookbook published to date. Where People [...]
Morrisseau’s family and community felt it was taboo to share their traditions with non-Natives, but his art preserved the traditions and legends of his people.
When my great-grandma Fanny passed away, Grandpa Dave said, “The day I went to Browning to make funeral arrangements for the old lady, I came home to nothing. Shaggy (Grandma Fanny’s dog) was curled up on his rug in the kitchen, dead. All the old lady’s cats (eighty to a hundred, or so) had left. [...]
Restoring healthy relationships with food and the land is all about decolonizing.
