Songwriter Buffy Sainte-Marie becomes the first Indigenous Academy Award winner, taking the Original Song award (with Jack Nitzsche and Will Jennings) for “Up Where We Belong” from 'An Officer and a Gentleman.' Check back everyday for a new moment and watch the #Oscars LIVE on Sunday, March 12th at 8e/5p! 40 days til #Oscars95 | The Academy

Buffy Sainte-Marie was the first Indigenous person to win an Oscar. And now at 80, she's still going strong, as a singer, songwriter, composer and longtime activist and trailblazer who's been called "a disruptor of the status quo." https://abc7.com/11258260 | ABC7