Qu'appelle Valley Saskatchewan by Buffy Sainte-Marie. From her album Sweet America (1976). One of my favorite songs ever! The pics are from all over the internet.
I remember one of her songs from the 60s , my brother bought one of her records on vinyl but there wasn't much in mainstream pop music that I remember , I was very young but do remember country girl and maybe a few others and some from movies
You can travel all alone, or you can come along with me.....Wrap me in your blanket dance me around, aren't these the most beautiful lyrics ever written.
Buffy herself was taken from the Qu'apelle Valley reserve when still a baby in blankets...this must refer to her own experience, she later returned to the reserve and was adopted by the Chief, is an official member of the reserve now where she was born.
@@musicmasterplayer4532 No she wasn't, she's a white woman born in Massachusetts who could afford to live anywhere, and chose to SETTLE on Polynesian land which is where she's lived for years. 😡
This song reminds me of my kokum. She lived in Fort Qu'Apelle for a long time and whenever I pass through the valley I think of this song and her. I love singing this song though it brings me to tears from time to time. I love you Buffy so much!!!!
You can travel all alone You can travel all alone Or you can come along with me Walk the old way Hey-oh, ha, hey-ya Wrap me in your blanket dance me around Wrap me in your blanket dance me around Take me back to where my heart belongs Qu'Appelle Valley, ho Saskatchewan Qu'Appelle Valley, ho Saskatchewan You can travel all alone You can travel all alone Or you can come along with me Walk the old way Hey-oh, ha, hey-ya
@@romielnagar1062 Which, for Buffy, is apparently Hawaii, not Canada which she claimed to be her ancestral home. She could afford to live anywhere, and she SETTLED on Polynesian land. 🤦🏾♀️ So much "love" she has for people's ancestral land 😡
It may be false, it may be true but I could not care less! I have loved Buffy Sainte-Marie since 'It's My Way' and I will always love her. She has done so much for people who have so little. Just leave her alone, she's an old lady. XX
A genius marriage of Indigenous and English lyrics, sounds, voices, mood, instrumentation, and everything else. Agree to comment below: should be Saskatchewan's provincial song.
Her son has been paid off by the Jew hit piece squad. What he said doesn't explain her high cheekbones or that she looked the same way as a little girl.@@rozalilu1
Oh my giddy aunt, listen to this so many times, still gives me goosebumps, Buffy my life's guidance since 1976.. much love to her and all to listen to her.. x
Mamalani4 Her music does the same to me! It always makes me weep. I think it’s a deep longing for something.... some kind of nostalgia. I don’t really know for sure.
@@tanyawilson2969 you know why you have those feelings?? It's only natural to feel the way you feel because of how the ignorance of the white man...😕😟😤😤😤💯
PUFF the magic Dragon I wish I had never read your comment! It ruins a perfectly nice thread. No one should sit around nursing old wounds. This song is about love and going home. Not about social justice. Your comment is a downer. We all need to move forward and choose happiness and love and kindness. Not bring others down! I hope you can move on from whatever ails your spirit as I wish goodness and healing for you. By the way Buffy’s version of Helpless is the best I ever heard. It also makes me cry.
I hope it will be recorded tomorrow, and over and over again from others carrying the torch of enlightenment said to have been granted to us from Promethevs. Let that spark lighten all corners of darkness! From ignorance to bliss!
This should be a no brainer. People try to distinguish if she is American or Canadian. She is neither as Indigenous Peoples have no national borders. However she is an incredible talent.
I loved this song immensely when I bought the album in 1976 and I have never tired of it. It is the first song I heard by Buffy Sainte-Marie in which she included her Native American Indian sound in her music. It is BRILLIANT. I was so glad that this would be used frequently in her following recordings.
This is such a beautiful song! I originally knew a cover version by a British New Wave/Synth Pop group called Red Box, but only recently got round to listening to the original version by Buffy Sainte-Marie. It's very rare for a song to make me teary these days, but this one definitely did. I didn't know until I listened to this song that she is an Indigenous Canadian.
My great-aunt and uncle ran a hotel and pub in Fort Qu-Appelle, and I got to visit that town when I was a kid. Great memories of watching an army of ants carrying food down a road back to their nest.
Buffy captured my heart....think it was in the early 90's, she came to the New Haven green and played a free show...I will never , ever forget it ever.....in fact....out of the thousands of show i've seen since the 60's, this one- was the best!!!!!!
Still touching our souls. The music beats in our ♥️. She is a kindred spirit never to be silenced. Her songs are blended into the winds. Our Native blood 🩸 will forever be woven into the earth, each step a indention in time immortal.
many many years ago my gggggg grandfather had to flee fron scotia to france and then the Americas with the result that myg ggrandfather ended living with the sichangu Lakota my ggrandfather who returned to this country was thwe result of a liason with his father and a Lakota woman there has to be some ancestral memories cos buffys music is so powerful to me
Robroy Mayo most of the redcoat soldiers in george the thirds armies were german troops in fact most of the british hanoverian house could not not spealk english
What a genius - I was lucky enough to see the Eagle Man Changing woman tour in Santa fe at the (now demolished) Paolo Soleri outdoor amphitheater. Incredible uplifting of everyone's spirit consciousness, unforgettable!
May the four elements of the world pay homage to this bearer of truth EARTH,WATER,WIND,FIRE ! Must acknowledge the eternal values conveyed in the expressions amplified by the power that is Buffy Sainte-Marie !
Well, research the history of Buffy - she is the one who wrote "Universal Soldier" - and got banned from many radio stations (in the US) ... and being a First Nations person in Canada is not exactly an asset ... but I do agree, this should be Sask's anthem :-)
I first heard this song on CKUA Radio here in Calgary and recognised the area of Qu'appelle Valley, Saskatchewan! I have hitchhiked through there and could feel the spirit there! I was so taken by this... Thank You Grandmother Hatsue for teaching me how to feel, be and know how to be human! I appreciated you sending my other valued mentor: Ngọc Lan Trân! She taught me so much being human, Autism Spectrum Deficits and patiently showing me that social skills can be learned(however slowly... I just wish she could have been open to learning from me too)!
As a child of the Qu'Appelle Valley this song always bring me home no matter where I am.
😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
I have been a fan of hers since the early 60's. I'm 77 now but her music touches my spirit, especially this one.
Grüsse aus Deutschland, bin 68 . Hätte diese Menschen gerne früher gehört !!! Alles GUTE!! Liebe und Zuversicht !!😍🙏🍀🙏😍
How tough......no one defend her....as you...
Beautiful!! I bought all of her LP'S, cds and mp3 for my iPod.
Also 77 and still a fan too.
I remember one of her songs from the 60s , my brother bought one of her records on vinyl but there wasn't much in mainstream pop music that I remember , I was very young but do remember country girl and maybe a few others and some from movies
You can travel all alone, or you can come along with me.....Wrap me in your blanket dance me around, aren't these the most beautiful lyrics ever written.
indeed!
Yes
Buffy herself was taken from the Qu'apelle Valley reserve when still a baby in blankets...this must refer to her own experience, she later returned to the reserve and was adopted by the Chief, is an official member of the reserve now where she was born.
@@musicmasterplayer4532 No she wasn't, she's a white woman born in Massachusetts who could afford to live anywhere, and chose to SETTLE on Polynesian land which is where she's lived for years. 😡
3:11 hoo r u Blanche?
I will keep liking this for a long long time
This song reminds me of my kokum. She lived in Fort Qu'Apelle for a long time and whenever I pass through the valley I think of this song and her. I love singing this song though it brings me to tears from time to time. I love you Buffy so much!!!!
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This son makes me grieve for my daughter who died in her teens.
❤
You can travel all alone
You can travel all alone
Or you can come along with me
Walk the old way
Hey-oh, ha, hey-ya
Wrap me in your blanket dance me around
Wrap me in your blanket dance me around
Take me back to where my heart belongs
Qu'Appelle Valley, ho Saskatchewan
Qu'Appelle Valley, ho Saskatchewan
You can travel all alone
You can travel all alone
Or you can come along with me
Walk the old way
Hey-oh, ha, hey-ya
Also, I have Native American ancestors and this song speaks to my heart...........
This song touches everyone who ever loved a place they were born and raised in.
@@romielnagar1062 Which, for Buffy, is apparently Hawaii, not Canada which she claimed to be her ancestral home. She could afford to live anywhere, and she SETTLED on Polynesian land. 🤦🏾♀️
So much "love" she has for people's ancestral land 😡
It may be false, it may be true but I could not care less! I have loved Buffy Sainte-Marie since 'It's My Way' and I will always love her. She has done so much for people who have so little. Just leave her alone, she's an old lady. XX
"It's My Way" is apt because a similar-sounding sound title was one of the most famous sung by a fellow Italian, Frank Sinatra.
An "old lady" who could afford to live in Canada her alleged "home", but who instead chose to become a settler on Polynesian land.
This song scrapes the sky and shards of stars spark the soul ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆
Yasssssssssssss
A genius marriage of Indigenous and English lyrics, sounds, voices, mood, instrumentation, and everything else. Agree to comment below: should be Saskatchewan's provincial song.
Saskatchewan is a colonial settler state.
Enthusiastic agreement!
I'm so glad this video is here. It reminds me how important she was to my generation. How deeply she touches us no matter what anyone says.
She is frankly unlistenable because she is a FRAUD.
She is not a fraud. Anyone can tell by looking at her that she's a real Indian. Only fools believe that Jewish hit piece.@@ValleyoftheRogue
@@kevinwalsh1619her own son stated on social media that his mother Buffy is Italian and white. Dyes her hair and wears dark makeup
Her son has been paid off by the Jew hit piece squad. What he said doesn't explain her high cheekbones or that she looked the same way as a little girl.@@rozalilu1
Her music is beautiful.
I just wish she had been honest about being an Italian woman who wants to live in Hawaii, not a Pretendian who "loves" Canada.
Thank you so very much for this song. In all my life (57 today) it has always lifted me up, up, up to a good and happy place❤️🙏🏻
Oh my giddy aunt, listen to this so many times, still gives me goosebumps, Buffy my life's guidance since 1976.. much love to her and all to listen to her.. x
Qu'Appelle Valley is where my roots lie. I was born there.
Buffy your music touches something in me that brings tears to my eyes - a combination of joy and sorrow at the same time. Thank you.
Mamalani4 Her music does the same to me! It always makes me weep. I think it’s a deep longing for something.... some kind of nostalgia. I don’t really know for sure.
@@tanyawilson2969 you know why you have those feelings?? It's only natural to feel the way you feel because of how the ignorance of the white man...😕😟😤😤😤💯
PUFF the magic Dragon I wish I had never read your comment! It ruins a perfectly nice thread. No one should sit around nursing old wounds. This song is about love and going home. Not about social justice. Your comment is a downer. We all need to move forward and choose happiness and love and kindness. Not bring others down! I hope you can move on from whatever ails your spirit as I wish goodness and healing for you. By the way Buffy’s version of Helpless is the best I ever heard. It also makes me cry.
@@bluewind5411 SORRY THE TRUTH HURTS!!!! WELL IT'S TRUE ISN'T, MY COMMENT WAS AN (APOLOGY)FOR THE IGNORANCE OF THE WHITE MAN DAMN, duh😤😤😤😤
@@tanyawilson2969 Bien explicado.
This song expresses the longing for one's home, and touches my heart as few songs do. I long for the place I grew up, too. It brings tears to my eyes.
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What gets me about this song is how fresh it sounds. Could have been recorded yesterday.
I hope it will be recorded tomorrow, and over and over again from others carrying the torch of enlightenment said to have been granted to us from Promethevs. Let that spark lighten all corners of darkness! From ignorance to bliss!
Why Saskatchewan has not designated this its official provincial song I'll never know.
Maybe becus the borders of the province do not align with the native Indian borders? Just a guess.
Because it's controlled by oil companies and corrupt conservative dipshits.
Proud Saskatchewan Gal,Here. I Agree with,you on song.
This should be a no brainer. People try to distinguish if she is American or Canadian. She is neither as Indigenous Peoples have no national borders. However she is an incredible talent.
I do know why, sadly.
This song makes me break and cry ..it is the most beautiful song EVER!
I loved fort quappel went to writing school there thats when i was introduced to her great music
Agggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ! I remember when this came out and STARWALKER... Still send's shiver's down me. TIMELESS.
This draws the pain from my heart
I loved this song immensely when I bought the album in 1976 and I have never tired of it. It is the first song I heard by Buffy Sainte-Marie in which she included her Native American Indian sound in her music. It is BRILLIANT. I was so glad that this would be used frequently in her following recordings.
I bought this album in 1976, too! I thought it was such a powerful song then and still do.
Beautiful woman with a beautiful voice. She brings out emotions I did not even knew I had. I am so proud we call the same country home.
I’m crying. I love you Buffy!!!
I am Irish Celt , but I can relate to this.
I am a Saskatchewan Gal, also I am Fan 4ever 😊. ❤
Love Saskatchewan,as I do Buffy.
This is such a beautiful song! I originally knew a cover version by a British New Wave/Synth Pop group called Red Box, but only recently got round to listening to the original version by Buffy Sainte-Marie. It's very rare for a song to make me teary these days, but this one definitely did. I didn't know until I listened to this song that she is an Indigenous Canadian.
My favorite Buffy song ever .
Whenever I hear this, I stand up.
Today, this song should be dedicated to Ms. Little Feather for her brave steps and stand in life
Rest in peace, gentle fighter 🌄
Farewelled a friend this week who loved this song, I have just discovered why he loved it. Can't stop playing it.
Please accept my sincerest condolences.
I love this song! It touches me deeply. I have Native American ancestors and this song speaks to my heart.
Listen to your heart..xx
My great-aunt and uncle ran a hotel and pub in Fort Qu-Appelle, and I got to visit that town when I was a kid. Great memories of watching an army of ants carrying food down a road back to their nest.
my moms used to listen to this all the time
Después de años de escuchar esta bella creación, sigue incentivando mi apego a la autenticidad. Gracias Buffy.
Buffy captured my heart....think it was in the early 90's, she came to the New Haven green and played a free show...I will never , ever forget it ever.....in fact....out of the thousands of show i've seen since the 60's, this one- was the best!!!!!!
Magnifique chanson,a écouté les yeux fermés!
I stumbled upon this great artist last week and I am glad I did. I love her beautiful music which touches the heart.
I bought all of her LP vinyl, cds and mp3. I love her music and voice. She is truly an original!!
I've been collecting all of her material for over a decade. Money well spent!
Oh Buffy! My home! Saskatchewan! I long for her!
My dad shared this with me almost 30 years ago and it touches my soul just as much today as it did when I was a teen.
My favorite song from Buffy!
A great lady singing songs of a great people🌹
She is so beautiful...a pure Diamond...Thank you so much...
Still touching our souls. The music beats in our ♥️. She is a kindred spirit never to be silenced. Her songs are blended into the winds. Our Native blood 🩸 will forever be woven into the earth, each step a indention in time immortal.
Goosebumps!
Equal rights for native Americans !!!
Mycke bra!
First stop drinking and murdering your own people on your reservations, then we will talk.
Equal rights for all...
Muy bella y poderosa manera de fidelidad a ti misma. Siempre adorable y venerable hermana Buffy Sainte Marie.
ECCELLENTE. CIAO ITALY
my Rez is at the Qu'Appelle Vally , Cowessess first nation, i live by Crooked lake
yes, one of my favourite songs, ever, too (:
many many years ago my gggggg grandfather had to flee fron scotia to france and then the Americas with the result that myg ggrandfather ended living with the sichangu Lakota my ggrandfather who returned to this country was thwe result of a liason with his father and a Lakota woman there has to be some ancestral memories cos buffys music is so powerful to me
Scottish and american natives have so many things in common between them, same heart
Robroy Mayo so true
both destroyed by german armies and crookerd politicians
German army? When?
Robroy Mayo most of the redcoat soldiers in george the thirds armies were german troops in fact most of the british hanoverian house could not not spealk english
we are surely brother in heart
Beautiful song. My mother played this record all the time.
Beautiful.
haunting, beautiful and powerful. I used to love going there
Stunning song & singer
this song makes me cry..magnificent
She's wonderful. A fantastic song.
This song
It infuses the center of the soul
with the elixir of absolute Spiritual power
I have had this in my head for a week now :) Good song to have stuck in your head
Essa música me traz uma tristeza ancestral ...
Beautiful! 🙂
MAGNIFIQUE ORCHESTRATION
remember this valley well when I was 17 thanks Buffy
Beautiful!!!
LOVE this song sooooo much- Thank you sweetheart Buffy for all you have shared for so very many moons
I'm so glad she is comfortable when back to her roots, Truly inspiring a "tour d force".
I LOVE this song!
Love this song so much!!!!!
Fantastic. Soothing and powerfull.
/Peter on the mountain
loved Buffy since my childhood :)
This one makes my soul cry
What a genius - I was lucky enough to see the Eagle Man Changing woman tour in Santa fe at the (now demolished) Paolo Soleri outdoor amphitheater. Incredible uplifting of everyone's spirit consciousness, unforgettable!
Великолепная женщина, шикарное исполнение!!!
One of my favorite songs as well. So beautiful. And melding Indian musical forms with pop forms. A work of genius, really.
Such a beautiful song
Such a beautifully touching and authentic song of pride!
Beautiful
She never ages! Much love Buffy we love you! Soul Sister! 💓💋💞💖🙏🙋♀️🌸🦋
May the four elements of the world pay homage to this bearer of truth EARTH,WATER,WIND,FIRE ! Must acknowledge the eternal values conveyed in the expressions amplified by the power that is Buffy Sainte-Marie !
Am really missing the pow wows, dancing the round dance.
Hallo Cree Indiana, I like you and your music, Lilly from Germany!
incidentally my cousin john standing bear who was my companiopon thro many adventures during the cold wqar years gave me the name shunkaha ska
What does "shunkaha ska" mean? (Sorry for my ignorance)
Why Saskatchewan has not designated this the official song of the province I'll never know.
Well, research the history of Buffy - she is the one who wrote "Universal Soldier" - and got banned from many radio stations (in the US) ... and being a First Nations person in Canada is not exactly an asset ... but I do agree, this should be Sask's anthem :-)
I play this everytime I drive east on the #1 from Regina. Thank you BS-M
I love your songs, Buffy. I love this song so much, it gives my heart many power and love. (I'm a German people)
The spirit never die. ❤️
❤️❤️❤️
beautiful. I feel my indian soul.
Beautiful, Thank you
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I first heard this song on CKUA Radio here in Calgary and recognised the area of Qu'appelle Valley, Saskatchewan! I have hitchhiked through there and could feel the spirit there! I was so taken by this... Thank You Grandmother Hatsue for teaching me how to feel, be and know how to be human!
I appreciated you sending my other valued mentor: Ngọc Lan Trân! She taught me so much being human, Autism Spectrum Deficits and patiently showing me that social skills can be learned(however slowly... I just wish she could have been open to learning from me too)!
I like this very much
First time I have heard her singing and I enjoyed listening to her
Love this song! Greetings from Finland!
beautiful and powerful voice. Love it.
this is the version I remember best. (for FB friends in Canada)
Beautiful woman
i don't think i'll ever be able to forgive you. I'd rather pretend to be in a parallel world in which everything I've read was just a bad dream...
very good song