Snatam Kaur
Khalsa (born 1972 in Trinidad, Colorado), is an American singer and songwriter. She performs the Sikh devotional music, kirtan and tours around the world as a peace activist. She lives in Española, New Mexico. Like all American Sikhs, and followers of Yogi Bhajan, she shares the middle name "Kaur" and the last name "Khalsa" with other female Sikhs.
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Early life and education
Her family moved to
California when Snatam was two, living in
Long Beach and
Sacramento. When Snatam was six, the family went to
India where her mother studied Kirtan. Snatam lived on a ranch near
Bolinas, California until 8th grade and then moved to
Mill Valley in 1986. During her childhood, she played
kirtan with her mother in Sikh temples and at Sikh religious ceremonies. She attended
Tamalpais High School in
Mill Valley. While at Tam High, she played violin in the school orchestra and began songwriting.
Bob Weir of the
Grateful Dead coached her and her classmates before they performed her song
Saving the Earth
at an
Earth Day concert in
San Francisco on April 22, 1990.
Snatam was also active in social and environmental causes while in high school, serving as president of the social action club known as, "Students for Justice," her Senior year. The club started a campus recycling program and organized environmenal awareness programs. The club also led the effort to change the school mascot and sports team names from the
Indians to the
Red Tailed Hawk in 1989 and 1990 due to a speech given at the school by
Sacheen Littlefeather.
After graduating from Tam, Snatam attended
Mills College in
Oakland, California, receiving a
bachelors degree in biochemistry. She then returned to India, to study Kirtan under her mother's teacher, Bhai Hari Singh. In 1997, Kaur began a career as a food technologist with Peace Cereals in
Eugene, Oregon.
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References and notes
- Snatam Kaur