News about Jack Nitzsche

Sainte-Marie, 81, appeared on the children's show from 1976 to 1981. Dakota 'Cody' Starblanket Wolfchild, Dakota 'Cody' Wolfchild's mother, suggested a breastfeeding segment to educate viewers. In the 1977 episode, she is holding her baby boy in front of Big Bird's statue, revealing that she is drinking milk from her breast. Following the birth of her son, Sainte-Marie told Yahoo Life that she was inspired to pitch the idea to writers. The segment, according to the Oscar winner and Indigenous-rights activist, was 'not controversial,' and was regarded as 'quite normal' at the time.