'I've always kind of tried to cover the base that nobody else is covering,' she tells Yahoo Life. Now 80, the Cree icon is still creating, performing and speaking out, knows how she'd like people to think of her: as an innovator. Buffy Sainte-Marie is an award-winning singer and songwriter, Indigenous-rights activist, children's-book author, former Sesame Street star, mother, teacher and mixed-media digital artist.
