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

• PhD, University of British Columbia 2012
• PhD, Wilfrid Laurier University 2010
• PhD, Ontario College of Art and Design 2010
• 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
• 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 an Officer in 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
• 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