A Cree Indian, this folk singer won a 1982 Oscar for co-writing "Up Where We Belong" from "An Officer and a Gentleman"
The song "Up Where We Belong" (which Sainte-Marie co
-wrote with Will... [DOC] [TLE] Buffy Sainte-Marie facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] A member of the Cree Indian tribe, Sainte-Marie was born on a reservation in ... 
of Lower Manhattan in New York City, a mecca at the time for aspiring folk 
singers.