Gordon Xie's padlet by Gordon Xie https://padlet.com/073856254/mvwq3dwmne7j en-us 2018-09-25 15:10:44 UTC 2025-05-30 16:08:06 UTC hello@padlet.com Buffy Sainte 073856254 https://padlet.com/073856254/mvwq3dwmne7j/wish/285579639 She is a famous aboriginal singer/ artist that wants to raise awareness for aboriginal rights]]> 2018-09-25 15:11:47 UTC https://padlet.com/073856254/mvwq3dwmne7j/wish/285579639 What makes this individual or organization politically significant? 073856254 https://padlet.com/073856254/mvwq3dwmne7j/wish/285597925 What makes this individual or organization politically significant?
  • She expresses her problems to the public about her struggles
  • She has concerns in aboriginal rights.
  • She is known for her aboriginal music
]]> 2018-09-25 15:32:03 UTC https://padlet.com/073856254/mvwq3dwmne7j/wish/285597925 Relevant background information. What are some events, factors, or reasons that inspired the individual or organization to become an agent of change? 073856254 https://padlet.com/073856254/mvwq3dwmne7j/wish/285603185
  • When she was adopted her mother told her to explore her aboriginal identity 
  • She is a singer for indigenous music
  • She was part of a mass adoption outside of canada, raised in Maine, USA
  • Buffy along with two other musicians won the 1993 juno music award
    • In her song “bury my heart at wounded knee” she said, ”The bullets don't match with the gun!" This refers to when a aboriginal man was framed to have killed an FBI agent in the 1970’s

    ]]>     2018-09-25 15:38:35 UTC https://padlet.com/073856254/mvwq3dwmne7j/wish/285603185     What is the cause/issue? What is the political or social change that the person or organization is trying to bring about? 073856254 https://padlet.com/073856254/mvwq3dwmne7j/wish/285628076
    • She is trying to raise awareness for aboriginal rights
    • Such as destroying their environment so they can't do their religious things since they praise mother earth for providing them life
    • The canadian museum for human rights are too soft says buffy sainte
    ]]>     2018-09-25 16:09:56 UTC https://padlet.com/073856254/mvwq3dwmne7j/wish/285628076     073856254 https://padlet.com/073856254/mvwq3dwmne7j/wish/285976200 McCormick, Neil. “Buffy Sainte-Marie, Power In the Blood, Review: 'Every Track Counts'.” The Telegraph, Telegraph Media Group, 10 May 2015, www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/cdreviews/11589710/Buffy-Sainte-Marie-Power-In-the-Blood-review-every-track-counts.html.]]> 2018-09-26 12:39:47 UTC https://padlet.com/073856254/mvwq3dwmne7j/wish/285976200 073856254 https://padlet.com/073856254/mvwq3dwmne7j/wish/285976439 “Buffy Sainte-Marie.” The Canadian Encyclopedia, www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/buffy-sainte-marie.]]> 2018-09-26 12:40:12 UTC https://padlet.com/073856254/mvwq3dwmne7j/wish/285976439 What types of action has the person/organization used? 073856254 https://padlet.com/073856254/mvwq3dwmne7j/wish/285998028
  • Buffy Sainte was interviewed by Fiona Muldrew and Suzanne Mcleod
  • She used her own songs to send her message out to listers around the world
  • She goes on tour so she can do live shows to deliver message
  • In 1997, she founded the cradleboard teaching project to better educate people around the world about the native american society 
  • In 2015 she got the Prestigious Polaris Music Prize in Canada
  • Also in 2015 she was interviewed for the magazine company Herizons

    • ]]>     2018-09-26 13:18:20 UTC https://padlet.com/073856254/mvwq3dwmne7j/wish/285998028     What has the individual or organization achieved (results)? What has changed and what has stayed the same as a result of the actions taken? 073856254 https://padlet.com/073856254/mvwq3dwmne7j/wish/286008590
  • The sexism towards women is pretty much the same since male activists don't want to give Buffy Sainte a voice or give her credit since they don't want a women receiving that
  • People are still polluting the earth which hurts the aboriginal society since they think the river is the source of life

    • But now people have made a day just for the indigenous awareness and to educate people around the world that a group of people are being left out


    ]]>     2018-09-26 13:33:18 UTC https://padlet.com/073856254/mvwq3dwmne7j/wish/286008590     073856254 https://padlet.com/073856254/mvwq3dwmne7j/wish/286111345 Muldrew, Fiona, and Suzanne McLeod. "Lyrics of the Land: Buffy Sainte-Marie Gives Voice to Aboriginal Struggles." Herizons, Winter 2018, p. 17+. Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A530232305/CPI?u=ko_k12hs_d73&sid=CPI&xid=08130689. Accessed 20 Sept. 2018. ]]> 2018-09-26 16:02:05 UTC https://padlet.com/073856254/mvwq3dwmne7j/wish/286111345 073856254 https://padlet.com/073856254/mvwq3dwmne7j/wish/286111447 Muldrew, Fiona, and Suzanne McLeod. "Lyrics of the Land: Buffy Sainte-Marie Gives Voice to Aboriginal Struggles." Herizons, Winter 2018, p. 17+. Canadian Periodicals Index Quarterly, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A530232305/CPI?u=ko_k12hs_d73&sid=CPI&xid=08130689. Accessed 20 Sept. 2018. ]]> 2018-09-26 16:02:16 UTC https://padlet.com/073856254/mvwq3dwmne7j/wish/286111447