Of Canadian Cree background, Buffy Sainte-Marie was a graduating college senior in 1962 and hit the ground running in the early 1960s, after the beatniks and before the hippies. She toured North America’s colleges, reservations, and concert halls, meeting both huge acclaim and huge misperception from audiences and record companies who expected Pocahontas in fringes, and instead were both entertained and educated with their initial dose of Native American reality in the first person. Her song "Until It’s Time for You to Go" was recorded by Elvis and Barbra and Cher, and her "Universal Soldier" became an anthem of the peace movement. For five years she was a member of the cast of "Sesame Street." With her "I'm Gonna Be a Country Girl Again" album (1967), containing the classics "Soulful Shade of Blue" and "Sometimes When I Get to Thinkin'" she brought about a folk-country meeting of the minds, and ever since then, with a series of albums that now numbers 18, she has continued to explore own heritage musically; in Native American communities she has remained a legendary figure. Buffy Sainte-Marie helped to found Canada’s Music of Aboriginal Canada JUNO category, raised a son, earned a Ph.D. in Fine Arts, taught Digital Music as adjunct professor at several colleges, and won an Academy Award Oscar and a Golden Globe Award for the song "Up Where We Belong." Her blazing Saturday-night set in 2015 was one of the highlights of recent Ann Arbor Folk Festivals.