Now That the Buffalo’s Gone
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"Now That the Buffalo’s Gone" is a protest song by Buffy Sainte-Marie that addresses the historical and ongoing injustices faced by Indigenous peoples in North America.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Now That the Buffalo's Gone | 2 |
| Now That the Buffalo’s Gone canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4589022 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Now That the Buffalo’s Gone Context triple: [Buffy Sainte-Marie, notableWork, Now That the Buffalo’s Gone]
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A.
Rhythm on the Range
Rhythm on the Range is a 1936 American musical Western film starring Bing Crosby and Frances Farmer, known for its blend of cowboy romance and popular songs.
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B.
Last Chance Range
Last Chance Range is a remote mountain range in eastern California’s Mojave Desert, forming part of the rugged terrain near Death Valley and Saline Valley.
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C.
Home on the Range
"Home on the Range" is a classic American folk song celebrating the peaceful, wide-open landscapes of the Western frontier.
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D.
Uncle John's Band
"Uncle John's Band" is one of the Grateful Dead's most beloved folk-rock songs, known for its intricate harmonies, acoustic sound, and reflective, storytelling lyrics.
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E.
Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
"Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" is a rock ballad by the Irish band U2, known for its emotional vocals and atmospheric guitar work.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Now That the Buffalo’s Gone Target entity description: "Now That the Buffalo’s Gone" is a protest song by Buffy Sainte-Marie that addresses the historical and ongoing injustices faced by Indigenous peoples in North America.
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A.
Rhythm on the Range
Rhythm on the Range is a 1936 American musical Western film starring Bing Crosby and Frances Farmer, known for its blend of cowboy romance and popular songs.
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B.
Last Chance Range
Last Chance Range is a remote mountain range in eastern California’s Mojave Desert, forming part of the rugged terrain near Death Valley and Saline Valley.
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C.
Home on the Range
"Home on the Range" is a classic American folk song celebrating the peaceful, wide-open landscapes of the Western frontier.
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D.
Uncle John's Band
"Uncle John's Band" is one of the Grateful Dead's most beloved folk-rock songs, known for its intricate harmonies, acoustic sound, and reflective, storytelling lyrics.
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E.
Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses
"Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" is a rock ballad by the Irish band U2, known for its emotional vocals and atmospheric guitar work.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
folk song
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protest song ⓘ song ⓘ |
| addresses | Indigenous peoples in North America ⓘ |
| composer | Buffy Sainte-Marie ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Canada ⓘ |
| creator | Buffy Sainte-Marie ⓘ |
| genre |
folk
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protest music ⓘ |
| hasCulturalSignificance | anthem of Indigenous rights movement ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | Indigenous ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
North America
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United States government treaties ⓘ displacement of Indigenous communities ⓘ loss of land and resources ⓘ |
| intendedMessage |
call for justice and respect for treaties
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criticize government treatment of Indigenous nations ⓘ raise awareness of broken promises to Indigenous peoples ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Buffy Sainte-Marie ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Indigenous rights
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broken treaties ⓘ colonialism ⓘ historical injustices against Indigenous peoples ⓘ land rights ⓘ ongoing injustices against Indigenous peoples ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Buffy Sainte-Marie ⓘ |
| partOf | Buffy Sainte-Marie’s early protest repertoire ⓘ |
| performer | Buffy Sainte-Marie ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Now That the Buffalo’s Gone Description of subject: "Now That the Buffalo’s Gone" is a protest song by Buffy Sainte-Marie that addresses the historical and ongoing injustices faced by Indigenous peoples in North America.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Beverly
linked to: Now That the Buffalo’s Gone
subject linked to:
It’s My Way!
linked to: Now That the Buffalo’s Gone