Buffy Sainte-Marie & Tanya Tagaq "You Got To Run (Spirit Of The Wind)"

The Polaris Music Prize, presented by CBC Music and produced by Blue Ant Media, releases its second Polaris Collaboration Session featuring 2015 Polaris winner Buffy Sainte-Marie and 2014 winner Tanya Tagaq.
"You Got To Run (Spirit Of The Wind)" was written by Sainte-Marie and inspired by champion dogsled racer George Attla, who competed in the first-ever Iditarod dog sled race in 1973 and was the subject of the 1979 film, Spirit Of The Wind.
Presented by Stingray Music and supported by Canada Council, the purpose of the Polaris Collaboration Session is to get two Polaris nominees in the same room to create a whole new piece of music.
A full interview with Sainte-Marie and Tagaq as part of Polaris Podcast EP5 can be found at the Polaris Music Prize Soundcloud page ( / polarismusicprize .
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[@charlottevallierehord6549]

This woman raises my spirit and has done it again and again for so very many of us over a long long time. May she and her spirit live long!

[@SheWhoPlays2]

Little Wheel Spin and Spin, Big Wheel turn Around

[@xbalanque2024]

It is power and freedom in the spirit of the wind!

[@lushfauna]

Have you guys heard that awesome new band OTYKEN? Sounds a lot like this

[@Krysmah]

...yesss & wahe guru...😇❣😎

[@ordyhorizonrivieredunord712]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWbdk2ONibh_qbs She has a gift for that 🌬

[@NativeAmericanMusicAwards]

Buffy just turned 80 and is still incredible! Great collaboration between Buffy and Tanya.

[@Blazen747]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qn_Oh52kabZ3odk northern Alberta Canada here KZbinr 🇨🇦 ice fishing 🎣 at Bistcho lake

[@marilynheatherscane5317]

She always inspired me and lots of 60/70s contemporaries that changes could happen as we saw people our age in America going off to war we had Donovan, Dylan,Baez,then couples went on dates to see Soldier Blue at local cinemas and maybe talked about the film next day at work,Thankyou Dear Buffy - what inspiring anti - war music the only most of us kids could protest in any way…..

[@MeltinJohn]

Wow she doesn't look it.

[@abbynormal7036]

@@MeltinJohn Most fake Indians age differently.

[@b.k8051]

@@MeltinJohn She's also a huge liar

[@malinibai1133]

Buffy Ste Marie has never turned in a bad performance in her long career. Hearing her with Tanya Tagaq is a treat for for the Spirits! Sounds like the echoes of the history of all North America

[@eugenebatstone5658]

100% 😊

[@SteffanoDucati]

Her best performance is that she is Italian American and lying thru her liberal teeth for decades passing off her garbage music along with her identity. Her and Warren should take their act on the road.

[@abbynormal7036]

What a bunch of hogwash, she was fake Indian who's performance was threatening her real family for 40 years with shame if they dared tell the world her real background. So according to you, fake Indians can treat the "spirits" !

[@TammyJames-yg2hs]

She has no native blood , she’s a fake. Fifth Estate found irrefutable proof. This woman brought awareness to natives but also got paid thousands more than other folk singers and received aboriginal awards she shouldn’t have accepted. Her white family is also interviewed and have pictures of this white woman growing up as a child in America.

[@anthonyhiscox]

Correction: The echoes of the history of all North America after the Mayflower arrived. Why didn't the spirits tell you she's a white chick?

[@allenwaters96]

This woman is the reason I went into education for 35yrs. and continue today. Thanks Buffy for leading the way

[@davebrunner1272]

35 years? And still can"t spell woman. She is one person.

[@allenwaters96]

Dave Brunner thanks for the spelling check. Here’s a little factoid for ya, native people usually refer to themselves using the plural. It’s something we trip over from time to time. Again thanks for set’n this ol’ndn straight kola’.

[@saucerfull1]

@@davebrunner1272 ...You cannot write. He wrote woman correctly.

[@saucerfull1]

@@allenwaters96 ...but you wrote it correctly.

[@yahstino]

@@saucerfull1 The comment was edited after the fact...regardless though it's silly to point out a single letter typo.

[@tomthomas8472]

Oh hell yes. This woman has been giving me chills for many decades. Thanks Buffy.

[@jimlimbach6629]

I am so happy I had the opportunity to tell Buffy Ste Marie how much her music has meant to me since I first heard her in the 60s.

[@newjerusalem6604]

@@jimlimbach6629 60's?!? Wow. THIS is the first exposure which I'm cognizant of. This energy feels awesome. 💃🐃💃

[@kathyharrington546]

Yes like to meet her IAM pit river 😘

[@chekamystery675]

Same here. Great to hear more from her ♫♪♫

[@beckybrandon5636]

Tom...I love you!

[@hokacorndancerhawkeyes2019]

BEAUTIFUL FOREVER BUFFY INDIGENOUS WARRIOR WOMAN! HEY, YA HEY YA!

[@simplechronology2605]

Actually, she is an Italian woman from Massachusetts.

[@jamesdaly9016]

🇮🇹🇮🇹

[@robwarenko7580]

From the perspective of a heavy metal rocker stumbling upon this: awesome. Powerful song, totally blew me away, great job.

[@leighsa4647]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6XVpJJqYr6gn5o

[@JugglinJellyTake01]

Yep I got into Buffy Sainte-Marie's music in the 80's when I was into Metallica etc and not long after reading Dee Brown's Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee. I used to listen to BS-M's 'Coincidence and Likely Stories' alongside Master of Puppets and '...And Justice For All'. They both tell the same stories of a society that underneath is very nasty. Naomi Kleins books 'Shock Doctrine' on neoliberalism and 'This Changes Everything' on climate change are the kind of books that go along with Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee as they speak of the excesses of greed and power at the expense and suffering of a great many people. Neoliberalism at its heart seems to have that same self righteousness as manifest destiny. Anyway some nice grounding native music are the intertribals, Black Lodge Singers and Buffy's track 'Darling Don't Cry'. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qKSbf31_bsiJmpY

[@realscience948]

Me too.....I heard a live album on the radio..it blew me away! She has some heavy tunes.....10x better live!

[@balderedda2060]

Know what you mean.

[@lacroix1976]

lol maybe im like you , im a Illdisposed fan usualy if you get the picture .....^^

[@roseopheliashepherd8379]

The Indigenous style choral section was so powerful, those chants didn’t use actual words, but why is it words without a linguistic meaning can have that much stirring power over those that do!

[@0649Hayes]

For sure!

[@elainecubbins5333]

Vocables

[@TheAmma007]

because they do have linguistic meansings in another language

[@naelyneurkopfen9741]

Because they're taking to evil spirits.

[@elinikolai7493]

@@naelyneurkopfen9741 lol 😆 bruh...

[@mgmassey174]

Bless Me Buffy Sainte Marie..helping me Walk the Red Road in a Sacred manner. Miyutake oyasin. Washti

[@simplechronology2605]

Can you speak Italian?

[@MariaPereira-qc4px]

It's different now for me ,after it was discovered she's not native..very sad situation 😢

[@stanzuray]

I have lived in Alaska most of my life driving sled dogs. I first heard this song in a movie long ago about George Attla, the famous dog musher from the interior of the State (who is my dog mushing hero and friend). This song for 35 years has been my favorite and I have had family looking for a copy of it all these years . The Movie, Spirit of the Wind which she sings a number of songs in is my absolute favorite movie. A friend finally let me know about the song being here and I told him that just days before I said to myself before I die I want to get a copy of this song. Buffy Sainte- Marie sings with true spirit of the wind. Made my day. Thanks, Stan

[@polarismusicprize]

Buffy & Tanya talk about the song on our podcast if you want to dig a bit deeper. Thanks for listening. Podcast EP: soundcloud.com/polarismusicprize/polaris-podcast-episode-5-buffy-sainte-marie-tanya-tagaq-collaboration-session

[@wolf-walker]

I gotta try and check out the movie. This song brings out a deep drive to dump the lower 48 and run for my dream of perusing my life in rural AK. I am a machinist and furniture maker which I am sure would be financially better than where I live now where everyone wants things for absolute free- . City people suck only worry about money and how to screw each other. It ain't right. P.S. if you're the Stan I'm thinking of in Tannana, I wish you well😊

[@carmendawnallan8871]

polarismusicprize Nice on The link. 😊. Also Share on,Your Videos 😊

[@sunnyiron7129]

Your the one

[@sunnyiron7129]

Buddy try marry your the one

[@rainbowawakening]

This song brings tears to my eyes and a rush of strength to my heart. No one can take away our culture, our spirit and who we are in this universe!! Lots of love

[@Georgian1717]

YES!

[@e.l.france5136]

That is so beautiful and true Creek. Thank you for giving it voice. Onward ...

[@dianagubiseh-ayala6494]

You're mind is Connected to the Universe and I have always derived great spiritual energy & transformative experiences listening to you from early in the 80's!

[@Krysmah]

...wahe guru 2U...❣

[@abbynormal7036]

Well the truth just took her's away (she is a full fledged fake Indian that lied and threatened family to keep the secret)... so maybe your comment hasn't aged very well....

[@LouiseMaeAllardBrouder-po1gs]

I ABSOLUTELY ❤️ L O V E ❤️ BUFFY ST MARIE 🇨🇦🇨🇦👍🏽👍🏼👍🏾

[@anonymousnativeamerican7755]

I'm 100% native American and this woke me up from the bullshit of my enemies thank you buffy from an south western native American who comes from the tribe that terrorized SETTLERS still active always will be 💯👩🏾🦅👊🏾🔥🌎🔥👊🏾🦅👩🏾💯

[@elinikolai7493]

Good job sister or brother we can't keep taking the rape and theft.

[@kallagiaboine127]

Not often I am speechless at a song, but oh my god I'm speechless. That was absolutely phenomenal. I usually listen to Tanya Tagaq but have never hear Buffy, but now I will definitely be listening to more of her. Such a powerful song!!! Much love over to you from a Sámi brother in Norway 💙

[@I_loveu4ever1]

Than you should listen to "Darling Dont Cry" by Buffy

[@lushfauna]

Have you heard of the new band OTYKEN yet? If you loved this, you'll def love OTYKEN

[@candyrosefreeman7232]

Sami Drumming Is Powerful Too. Blessings And Truth For All.

[@abbynormal7036]

@@candyrosefreeman7232 Truth is Buffy real name is Elizabeth Warren (another fake Indian).

[@rainadkins4827]

I can't play this fewer than three times in a row. :) It gets me UP!! I've always loved Buffy, but as I begin to push 70, I appreciate her more and more.

[@0649Hayes]

Wow are we the same on that!

[@charlottevallierehord6549]

72 here. Same. Life force. Must dance and move and be renewed. These two women so glad they are on this planet keeping us awake, inspiring us now. Gratitude!

[@fannycraddock99]

Brilliant. 76 and still rocking. X

[@luciaeerligh2692]

fannycraddock99 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@pejpj2890]

:O

[@dennisnevins1513]

fannycraddock99

[@auntielaura2895]

Buffy is a phenomenon.

[@patsykravitz2676]

What an amazing woman. I'm in awe.

[@KathleenMcCormickLCSWMPH]

What a legend. I first heard her when I was 12 in the mid 60s. And she is still going strong and even better with time!

[@abbynormal7036]

Lying then, lying now. Pretendian that made a living spitting at her own real family.

[@Arewal851]

Take away the fake identity and what do you see? (the worst singer ever to sell an album is what I see)

[@Onionbaron]

I love the Inuit throat singing!

[@AlyshaBrilla]

This is healing. This is so special. Thank you for the music, Buffy and Tanya.

[@user-iv5ij5yj7h]

Какое красивое пение! Какая красивая женщина! Похожа на мою бабушку!

[@Joebeimon]

Her voice when I first heard it 70 years ago gave my mind something to grasp that saved me. This just gives me chills and tears. But, also Bliss. 🙏🏼‼️

[@abbynormal7036]

70 years ago, she still claimed to be white.

[@williamheaton7958]

This song picks me up when I'm down. Gives me strength when I feel drained. Opens my heart when it has been closed by "modern" life. Words can't express my gratitude...

[@karendiliddo8825]

Great song done by a great woman. God Bless

[@johnrichards7476]

I agree. In a primal way it stirs the soul.

[@hananemec2786]

Yeesss!

[@elizabethevenson6110]

i suspect this one is making it on to my "when you gotta do shit and you need energy to do it" list. (not indigenous, fwiw, so i'm almost certainly missing some nuances but what i AM getting is still pretty damn meaningful.)

[@neoniahazelwood9263]

I stumbled upon her music two days ago and I love it!

[@Victor-my8pm]

Miss sainte-marie thank you for raising all the hair on my arms and neck with your song and so ul I mean I can feel it

[@wildwoodskimberlynewworldd5282]

Holy s*** I can feel her power through the ethers it's giving me chills :-)

[@cynhanrahan4012]

Goosebumps.

[@michaelerickson5623]

This white guy had his hair blown back... Don't know Tanya, but I do know Buffy, and I admire two things, that she's become ever more direct in her "truth telling, and that she's always encouraged native traditional music (all those years ago with her mouth bow) now with Tanya throat singing. Its new to me, and now I'll be paying attention to Tanya and what she has to say over time. I also love that the Standing Rock event where peace was so effectively waged has galvanized the tribes, and that Buffy isn't about to let that solidarity fade. Continue please... Go forth and be powerful. You set the example for the entire world.

[@davidadams2395]

And Tanya has just released new material.

[@1timeuser0904]

I recommend watching her Ted Talks. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqbQp4ywm9qHZtk

[@JugglinJellyTake01]

hear, hear on the solidarity. Humanity needs a power song.

[@simplechronology2605]

Turns out you didn't know Buffy as well as you thought you did. Not sure "truth" should ever be used in the same sentence as Buffy ever again.

[@audreypoolaw6999]

OMG MY DANCE TEACHER GOT A DM FROM HER. ON FACEBOOK FROM DOING A MEXICAN DANCE. THIS WAS OUR FINALE SONG!!

[@mskearns56]

This was from a movie - Spirit of the Wind - about George Alta, an Athabaskan who was an amazing dogsled driver. I lived up in Fairbanks and was lucky enough to watch him head out on one of the competitions. The movie is wonderful…matching this brilliant song!

[@rosalindbrown6791]

I love her voice and songs. She has such a strong voice. You can feel it all the way down inside. You can't help but get into the rhythm and get up on your feet. Then when she gives us certain notes and tones the chills go up and down the spine. Thank you.

[@abbynormal7036]

Easily deceived much? She was fake from day one.

[@bengalexfx]

Totally amazing. Powerful and shakes my insides. Whew!!!! Let me catch my breath. I love both Buffy and Tanya. Wish this video held more for Tanya, yet all of it is still perfect. PERFECT. PERFECT. What an incredible song.

[@sarahlight956]

thank you birds...it's not a question of "can I" but "when" ...everything is possible in life; nothing is beyond a human being reach..."is it right?" that is the question.

[@katepanthera7265]

I just came across this last week, and have never heard it before. Now I can't get it out of my head! I'll just be running arouund doing something and it pops into my head. Every time I hear the choral piece, I start to cry. When I sing along with it, it makes me feel something authentic inside; something that makes me feel like I'm part of something universal. That's a hard feeling to come by for me, and I'm so grateful to have found this.

[@abbynormal7036]

The key word here is "authentic".... Lol... "fake authentic" must be a new term.

[@kailyjamessokame.6028]

I needed to hear this. Made sure my Sapmi flag still was flying high in front of my house after listening. Thank you

[@carlottasemple1893]

Today i came across this music and so much in love with her.

[@4betterways]

I feel the same way.....She is my fix each day

[@simplechronology2605]

I bet she cooks a mean linguini...

[@charlesberger4712]

Buffy Sainte-Marie, powerful Spirit Woman, and all with you - thank you. Beautiful. Powerful. Keeping all of us energized to continue standing up, speaking out, holding the line.

[@abbynormal7036]

Powerful Fake you mean. Spitting at her own real family must be the new "holding the line".

[@mboiko]

Turns out she's an Italian girl from Boston...but hey if a native American tribe is OK with that then so am I. Elizabeth Warren also from Boston tried the same thing.

[@truthandreality8465]

"Mboiko" is a british government trollfarm account assisting the "CBC" in trying to turn the American born Indigenous American Buffy Sainte Marie into an "Italian-Jewish" british woman spending her life defrauding the public. There are about 20 to 40 such ghost accounts leaving these CBC-supporting disinformation comments across several videos and channels on KZbin. "Mboiko" and his comrade accounts all leave the same accusatory comments out of CBC Nowhere Hell. I have reported as many of these troll accounts and their comments to Google/KZbin security as I can for at least trolling and attempting to spread disinformation and you should all, too!!

[@jameswaters2633]

this amazing woman is one of my heroes.

[@sue6454]

Just the best... No run Take a chance on the Spirit of the Wind...

[@user-jr1cs6ob3m]

The Buff rules. If she's ever on Van island, I'll be there

[@carstenkoloc5226]

Buffy is an superwoman. 👍😜🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁

[@lynncanada1915]

Again she gets right to the soul that is us

[@dannydoolhoff4215]

Amazing song! Thank you!

[@wbworkout]

Wow! what a song!

[@nancyhatcher1083]

I listened to Buffy when I was in my early teens. I'm nearly 70 now and am watching & listening to her again after all those years. How amazing she STILL is!!

[@richardgrant2948]

Hello Nancy, how’re you doing today, how’s everything going over there 👉 Nancy?

[@davidcoates7615]

Wow. I can't believe what I just heard😲

[@mskearns56]

I lived in Fairbanks when George Atla was running his dogs through the streets of Fairbanks competing with other mushers. This song was a perfect fit for this story

[@zxyatiywariii8]

What an awesome experience! ❤ I love dogs, they're my favorite animal in all the world. 🐶🐕🐾🐕‍🦺🛷 I never feel closer to heaven than when I'm with a dog or dogs -- living purely in connection with the moment and the environment.

[@LS-ot4ho]

I saw Buffy on stage last year and I gotta say her energy blew through us like a strong wind. She seemed to be looking right into you. Chills!

[@abbynormal7036]

Sad nobody looked back at her until this last year to discover all the fakery.

[@charliechristianson]

wow you just keep getting better

[@babasovka]

love love love so fantasic

[@caroljcatlin4725]

She gave me strength!

[@jonathanzabel2724]

Her spirit is what moves me. What she isn't or who she is doesn't matter. I connect to her soul - that's all I care about.

[@ancientruby7116]

My favourite song .. i bloody love it! More please.

[@neddakinakin7587]

OMG I can't stop listening to this song! Help lol. Powerful!!!

[@kristinawalla]

This makes me cry i love it so much 💥🔥💜

[@CJdeBlois]

omg! thank u everyone involved (tears here)

[@cjcheifer994]

Happy 81st birthday Buffy Sainte-Marie. I'm so impressed with you.

[@freemangriffin4953]

This is AMAZING!!!!!!!! (: (: :(:

[@helenlizzystewart4908]

WOW this is stunning

[@floflorenceaugros981]

Wow mon réveil matin de chevet énergétique. 💓💗❤️💗❤️💗 Cela décoiffe ! Merci beaucoup

[@numerikproductions]

YAY Buffy!! And I love Tanya getting involved, the 2 of them a beautifull blend!! It would be a great time to bring back "Protest Song"!!

[@RosePetal17]

Happy Birthday Buffy! Wonderful interview with Pia Chattopadhyay and here because Buffy herself chose this song to end the interview

[@marydorgan3675]

Amazing beautiful people

[@TalairanPerigord]

More than ever now, the voices of these women must be heard.

[@evelynhenri6982]

ahhh buffy love your voice ..you are amazing ..standing ovation )))))))))))

[@angelapolecat3377]

Love her powerful words

[@petervanhelden4662]

A beautiful song with a story. Wish you well.

[@henryherman9113]

She is a star..Always will be...Live from Alberta Canada 🇨🇦....

[@travisvogtman3180]

This is both a badass motivational and rallying song....

[@jaymejefferson6438]

Absolutely love this. Brought tears..

[@dottiannblakemore9231]

Such grand Spiritual Blessings!!!

[@timart9]

Stunning! Wow. Two powerful, creative women making an amazing collaboration. Love the way they both push the boundaries an make beautiful music.

[@awyumi]

Shes my grandma!

[@jeanette9256]

That's just fucking beautiful.

[@alicehunter9580]

I hadn't heard Buffy Saint Marie's powerful music in many years. Just feasted on the music, language, and dance of Native American nations in the comfort of my own place. I enjoy pow wow but I can learn even more from the videos. I am a seeker, and I have found that the Cherokee believe that all of our blood is precious regardless of "how thinly it is spun." Keep your channels filled with examples of the cultures that may otherwise be lost. You are the only ones who can dispel the myths and teach the truth about yourselves. In doing so, you encourage others to live and share their own truths.

[@chickennugget6233]

Buffy just soaring like she always does 😌

[@spikedart]

Excellent. A strong person and a great song writer. Beautiful inside and out.

[@changelingman9687]

My undying support to the Native People, this song was amazing.

[@glynisroberts5029]

An amazing performer!

[@carolannecole3252]

Thank you Buffy and Tanya for this amazing inspirational song!!

[@nathanwarman845]

Buffy Sainte-Marie ... admired your voice for many years .... You are the very best , in the Entire World ....

[@susansolomon6942]

Amazing, haunting, beautiful, inspiring. I saw the film with this song back in '83. (Spirit of the Wind) Tracked down the makers - a couple of geniuses who took a handful of people out in the wilderness and literally put this together with a couple of cameras. But then they ran out of money and though they finished the film, they were broke and sold the rights, so it was never released in the US. I got in touch with Buffy many years ago to see if she would ever be interested in doing these songs on her own. We had a sincerely mutually anguished conversation regarding how lame it was that the film, 'Spirit', had been released in France but not in the US. And now, here it is. I cannot believe this is online now - thank you, thank you - there is a God.

[@FreedomforHaiti]

Did the movie get released in Canada?

[@susansolomon6942]

I think the 'Ronde' dog sled race people in Anchorage sell this film. Google, 'Ronde', along with 'Spirit of the Wind'. Also - check Amazon, but make sure you get the right film - (I think 'Spirit of the Wind' is also the name of another film or book that came up when I checked on Amazon.)

[@polarismusicprize]

Here's hoping the renewed interest in the song also renews interest in the film...

[@charlottevallierehord6549]

Any time I listen to Buffy and if I have lost heart, it immediately returns home.

[@kurtklingbeil6900]

Wowowow! Powerful song! Thank you for all your love and songs for decades!

[@patsykravitz2676]

This is probably the 100th time I've played this song/video. Thank you.

[@gr8northernpike]

Me too… 100 times… looking forward to the next hundred.❤

[@carriearends6892]

I LOVE THIS _She does Give ya Chills Its that Spirit of the Wind

[@wmarclocher]

The movie about George Attla 1933 - 2015 "Spirit Of The Wind" (1979), introduced me to Buffy Sainte-Marie and brought me here.

[@sprintpg]

Tanya weaving her magic🎶

[@DeuceDevil]

standing quietly in a big stand of pinetrees while the wind whispers voices of the past.

[@joanmader9755]

You Go young and old !!! Our race has just begun " Pilamiye dear Buffy

[@debrandw246]

Oh. DAMN DAMN. Well done. Awesome.

[@BettaLemme]

Powerful.

[@sonyacharles5938]

I love it. Love the spirit of the wind.

[@Siouxeyes]

Awesomeness Incredibly inspiring ❤️

[@richardgrant2948]

Hello 👋, how are you doing today?

[@christinearmington]

Fifty years of loving Buffy.

[@prodigalson6166]

Whoa! How come I never saw this before! Right on my sisters! I'm sharing this with my daughters. All My Relations!

[@averym7922]

I love the lyrics and the immediacy of the melody. Raise each other up to take a stand for the things we know to be wrong!

[@lspeth]

I have not heard from her in a long time. This is great!

[@KhaNolee22]

So Beautiful "Buffy is such a beautiful singer and I really love this song🎶🎼🪶❤🥰

[@whoremoanz_]

SHE BUFFED MY HEART ❤️ AND LEFT RUNNING🏃‍♀️