Selected awards and degrees from Buffy Sainte-Marie’s career :

• Honorary Doctor of Laws – University of Toronto – 2019
• Honorary Doctor of Laws – Dalhousie University – 2018
• Honorary Doctor of Laws – University of Lethbridge – 2017
• Honorary Doctor of Laws – Vancouver Island University – 2016
• Honorary Doctor – University of British Columbia – 2012
• Honorary Doctor – Wilfrid Laurier University – 2010
• Honorary Doctor – Ontario College of Art and Design- 2010
• Honorary Doctor of Laws – University of Regina – 1996
• Honorary Doctor of Humanities – University of Saskatchewan 2003
• Honorary Doctor of Letters – Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design – 2007
• Honorary Doctor of Letters – Lakehead University – 2000
• Honorary Doctor of Laws – Carleton University – 2008
• Honorary Doctor of Music – University of Western Ontario – 2009
• Honorary Doctor of Letters – Wilfrid Laurier – Letters 2010
• Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts – Ontario College of Art and Design 2010
• Honorary Doctor of Letters – University of British Columbia 2012
• Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts – University of Massachusetts – 1983
• Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame 2019 Inductee
• International Folk Music Awards 2019 – People’s Voice Award
• 2x 2018 Indigenous Music Awards for Medicine Songs CD and “The War Racket” Music Video
• Vision Maker Media Frank Blythe Award for Media Excellence – 2018
• JUNO Award 2018 for Medicine Songs CD
• JUNO Awards 2017 Allan Waters Humanitarian Award
• 2x JUNO Awards 2016 for Power in the Blood CD
• Polaris Music Prize 2015 for Power in the Blood CD
• JUNO Award 2009 for Running for the Drum CD
• Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame 2009
• Academy Award Oscar
• Golden Globe Award
• BAFTA Award (England) British Academy of Film & Television Arts
• Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement
• Americana Music Association Spirit of Americana/Free Speech in Music Award
• American Indian College Fund Lifetime Achievement
• Charles de Gaulle Award (France)
• Best International Artist 1993 (France)
• Sistina Award (Italy)
• 1999, she received a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame.
• She is a Companion of the Order of Canada
• She has received two medals from Queen Elizabeth II
• JUNO Award 1997 for Up Where We Belong album
• JUNO Hall of Fame
• Gemini Award 1997 for Best Performance in a Television Special
• Dove Award (Gospel)
• Member of Hillary Clinton’s Committee to Save America’s Treasures
• Commissioner on (former astronaut) Senator John Glenn’s Commission on Service Learning