In the turbulent 1960s, she was just out of college but already famous for her beautiful voice and moving lyrics in songs like “Universal Soldier” and “Now that the Buffalo's Gone.” Over the years, Buffy Sainte-Marie has worked with the American Indian Movement, but also with Sesame Street, and even Hollywood, winning an Academy Award for the song “Up Where We Belong” in 1982. She's won international recognition for her music, has a PhD in fine arts, ...

“Sesame Street” ingeniously uses puppets, animation, skits, music and lyrics to develop letter and word recognition, principles of arithmetic and identification of colors and geometric shapes and to reinforce basic life skills such as ...