Buffy Saintemarie The Authorized Biography Buffy Saintemarie by Buffy Sainte-marie, Andrea Warner, Joni Mitchell (foreword) 9780616996362, 9781771643580, 9781771643597, 0616996365, 1771643587, 1771643595 instant download after payment.

Since her groundbreaking debut, 1964’s It’s My Way!, the Cree singer-songwriter has been a trailblazer & a tireless advocate for Indigenous rights & freedoms, an innovative artist, & a disruptor of the status quo. Establishing herself among the ranks of folk greats such as Joni Mitchell & Bob Dylan, she has released more than 20 albums, survived being blacklisted by two U.S. presidents, & received countless accolades, including the only Academy Award ever to be won by a First Nations artist. But this biography does more than celebrate Sainte-Marie’s unparalleled talent as a songwriter & entertainer; packed with insight & knowledge, it offers an unflinchingly honest, heartbreakingly real portrait of the woman herself, including the challenges she experienced on the periphery of showbiz, her healing from the trauma of childhood & intimate partner violence, her commitment to activism, & her leadership in the protest movement.

Andrea Warner is the author of We Oughta Know: How Four Women Ruled the '90s & Changed Canadian Music (Eternal Cavalier Press, 2015). A freelance writer, Andrea is also an associate producer at CBC Music, a theatre critic at the Georgia Straight, a radio columnist, & the co-host of the weekly podcast Pop This!. Her pronouns are she/her/hers, & she is a settler who was born & raised in Vancouver on the unceded traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, & Tsleil-Waututh First Nations. Pop culture, art, & feminism make her happy. On Twitter @_AndreaWarner