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

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.

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

Fraud.

Puffy the Pretendian, of Italian English ancestry, not Indian.

Fooled you all for over 60 years.

Good singer but she isn’t Native like she claims to be

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Glad someone finally put some autotune on her! Now can you fix the goat vibrato?

It’s hilarious that what was once thought of as “authentic” is instantly kitsch when the facts are known 😂

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!

A bit italian?

There is certainly an irony in these lyrics😆

official reponse..." we fucked up"

When you see how good people can lie and decorate it with such fancy music, you question a lot of stuff.

BLUFFY ! DNA TEST NOW.

Pretendian.

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

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

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!

This women of Italian and American parents crushed so many spirits with her assuming a'First Nation's identity at 22yo..

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

Knowing Buffy has lied all her life about her Indigenous heritage makes this video truly absurd. Even perhaps sociopathic.

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

Buffy, please - you can silence the doubters in a flash with a $50 DNA test. Do it now and they'll shut up about it. I'm surprised you haven't already done it.

The only wind spirit Bluffy knows is after eating too much a spaghetti

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 💙

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

Yes, we all know she’s an allied to the first nations, blah blah blah, but she has literally excepted awards only meant for native peoples not people who identify as native peoples

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

YOU GOT TO RUN, BUFFY! We saw you, we saw your real face. RUN!

Pretedian anthem bay-bee!!

She’s a pretendian

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

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

First Nations people - I'm sorry that this woman duped you for as long as she did, i'm sorry we have to live with these cartoonish impressions of you and your ancestors and have so many people think of them as art. Art has context, means different things under different circumstances - to me this stuff feels cheap now, like a white lady dressing up on halloween. Once again, First Nations people - I hope you're okay as much as I know you are strong. Thinking of you.

Whether you're woman or whether you're man Sometimes you got to take a stand Just because you think you can You got to run You got to run Whether you're woman or whether you're man Sometimes you got to take a stand Just because you think you can You got to run You got to run Trying against the odds you're in a trance Say who did you think you are to have a chance? You're a no one from a place Where everyone knows your face The come and go way they know the sun So you better hang on and hey you better run 'Cause here's your chance and your race has begun Down in a hole You feel like two different people in your soul Feel like a loser until you see that as you bend You learn to be your own best friend And you learn how and you learn when To take a chance on the spirit of the wind Whether you're woman or whether you're man Sometimes you got to take a stand Just because you think you can You got to run You got to run Babe ain't we been down We've been so broke and been so low that I kissed the ground But you can see yourself a winner Beyond the money and the greed Beyond the pride is a pure untested need And to be a champion is more than luck and speed It's power and freedom in the spirit of the wind Whether you're woman or whether you're man Sometimes you got to take a stand Just because you know you can You got to run You got to run Source: LyricFind

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.

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

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.

gee these lyrics hit different...now

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

'Oh what a tangled web we weave/When first we practice to deceive.'

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.

This Channel Censors Comments... don't diss their fake Indian deity with facts.

#Pretendian

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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

Weaving. Fabric of life stuff.

Phony by any other name…

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"!!

That's just fucking beautiful.

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.

The gas of my art. Bluffy the italian pretendian.

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

Custer is turning over in his grave.

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

Find the movie 'Spirit of The Wind'. The Rondy Shop north of Anchorage sells it. SOOOooo good and a true story!

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!

Steal the beat, make millions on the back of the red man. The turtle knows.

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

poor tayna needs to dna her collabs, first boyden, then buffy. two for two in awards though, not bad.

Spirit in the wind, dawning of ether Air Spirit the dawning of the Age of Aquarius, unification of rainbow tribes, beautiful Buffy thank you Spirit for Good Rules now

Powerful.

wow you just keep getting better

Great! Brilliante! Bravo ! I heard till the very foundation of my Existence. A Greek friend, Nikephoros.

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.

Great musicians all around but I gotta say, what a killer drummer! Super playing Maxwell.

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...

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

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

Why do 358 dislike this performance????? What's wrong with you guys?????

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.

""Tes-Ah-No-Hey-Wah"... ''Greatings Mother Earth'', End Quote.

Remake with Shout Out to Standing Rock Water Protectors and Youth. Try to see the movie: Spirit of the Wind based on George Attla story. Koyukon Athabascan from Interior Alaska, Huslia. #NoDAPL

When I saw the thumbnail pic, I thought it was Ace Frehley.

Qué buena música!! Me movió!! Gracias!! Algunas veces tienes que correr aunque seas hombre o seas mujer...alguna vez tienes que tomar una decisión...

CANADIAN AMERICAN NATIVE TREASURE ENDLESS FIRE THANKYOU

I love the Inuit throat singing!

THIS FUCKING SONG IS PLAYED EVERY SINGLE DAY AT RCI

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Are you fucking kidding me? Fuck yeah! Thank you for your amazing and ferocious spirit. tears right now. Thank you Buffy and this amazing band for an incredible song/ incantation/ proclamation.

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. 🙏🏼‼️

Amazing, and subscribing, thanks

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

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.

Buffy is an superwoman. 👍😜🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁

Thanks to Snot noze rez kidz I'm here🌰🌱💚 so much Graditude💚

I wish they could come to Sioux Lookout Ontario and sing for us! POWERFUL. We need and the northern communities need to hear such a powerful voice!!!!!!!!

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

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

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

Lyrics You Got To Run (Spirit of the Wind) Buffy Sainte-Marie Whether your woman or whether your man Sometimes you gotta take a stand Just because you think you can, Oh you gotta run you gotta run, Whether your woman or whether your man Sometimes you gotta take a stand Just because you think you can; Oh you gotta run you gotta run run; Trying against the odd your in a tracks, Say who'd you think you are to have a chance, You're a no one from a place Where everyone knows your face, You come and go and you know the sun,So You better hang on and hey you better run Cause here's your chance and your race has begun; Down, in a hole You feel like two different people in your soul,Feel like a loser, until you see That as you bend You learn to be Your own best friend, And you learn how and you learn when To take a chance on the spirit of the wind; Chant: hay ha hay ha ya hey hi yo Hay ha ha ……. Whether your woman or whether your man Sometime you gotta take a stand, Just because you think you can, Ah you gotta run you gotta run run; Play, hey women down, We've been so broken been so low that it kissed the ground, But you can see yourself a winner beyond the money And the greed, beyond the pride and the pure and tested need; And to be a champion is more than luck and speed, There's power and freedom in the spirit of the wind; Whether your woman or whether your man Sometime you gotta take a stand Just because you know you can, Ah you got to run you got to run, Standing Rock!!!! Written by: Buffy Sainte Marie Last update on: November 10, 2017

Now the journey really has begun...But you already knew that..death is a doorway for the living to move on and travel in Spirit to the many places in the universe. Spirit moves fast, maybe faster than the speed of light.

Love this! Is there a way to get more of Tanya in there? It would be great to see Tanya and Buffy just doing the throat singing together a capella as a feature in this piece.

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 💯👩🏾🦅👊🏾🔥🌎🔥👊🏾🦅👩🏾💯

happy belated birthday to the beautiful Buffy StMarie! also to the very very cool throat singing on this song! that's awesome! much love from a big fan piapot #75!hoka!

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SONG , LOVE IT.. SO SORRY FOR WHAT THE IGNORANCE OF THE EARLY AND CURRENT WHITE MAN#!! 😟😕😤😤🌎✌💜😂💯🇺🇸

Brilliant. 76 and still rocking. X

*WoW great music, many greetings from Germany.*

Who's here because of "Rumble" on PBS?