Beatrice Deer

Beatrice Deer (born 1985) is a Canadian Inuk-Mohawk singer and actress from Quaqtaq, Nunavik, Quebec.[1] She released her debut album, Just Bea, in 2005, and won a Canadian Aboriginal Music Award for Best Inuit/Cultural Album.[2] In 2010, she released her self-titled album, Beatrice Deer, and later that same year, she released a Christmas album, An Arctic Christmas.

Beatrice Deer
Born
Quaqtaq, Nunavik, Canada
NationalityCanadian
StyleFolk, Pop music, rock
Websitewww.beatricedeerband.com

Biography

Deer was born in Quaqtaq, to an Inuk mother and a Mohawk father from Kahnawake.[1][3] She is the cousin of Jaaji of the band Twin Flames.[4]

Beatrice Deer performs throughout the north with her band.

Awards

  • Best Inuit/Cultural Album at the Canadian Aboriginal Music Award[2]
  • 2021: laureate at the Canadian Indigenous Music Awards.[5]

She was a Felix Award nominee for Indigenous Artist of the Year at the 44th Félix Awards in 2022.[6]

Discography

  • Just Bea (2005)
No.TitleLength
1."True Angel"3:22
2."My Friends"2:35
3."Live With It"2:59
4."Ilangani"2:31
5."Do I"4:10
6."Life in the North"3:50
7."Sad Song"5:12
8."Nalligivagit"5:35
9."Nalligivagit (Remix)"5:21
  • Beatrice Deer (2010)
No.TitleLength
1."Come With Me"3:17
2."Missed You"3:25
3."Ilaapik"4:25
4."Langasivunga"6:00
5."Another Chance Of Hope"2:55
6."Nunaga"4:18
7."Take Me As I Am"4:17
8."Pride"4:48
  • Fox (2015)
No.TitleLength
1."Competition (feat. Akinisie Sivuarapik)"1:17
2."Painng"3:36
3."Uvikkaulaukagit"4:16
4."Relocation"5:19
5."Katatjaniq (feat. Akinisie Sivuarapik)"0:29
6."Fox (feat. Johnny Griffin)"3:32
7."Pisiq (feat. Louisa Kulula)"0:39
  • My All To You (2018)[7]
No.TitleLength
1."1997"4:02
2."Takugiursugit"3:24
3."My All To You"5:22
4."Atungak"3:13
5."Sapannga Sujunukua"1:32
6."Isumavunga"4:43
7."Immutaa"3:31
8."Mali"3:28
9."Qaujimagit"4:37
10."You're With Me"3:52
Total length:37:44

References

  1. ^ a b "Deer, Beatrice | Inuit Literatures ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᓪᓚᒍᓯᖏᑦ Littératures inuites". inuit.uqam.ca. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  2. ^ a b "Beatrice Deer". Northern Lights Trade Show 2008. Archived from the original on 8 September 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
  3. ^ "Kahnawake singer wins Indigenous Music Award". The Eastern Door. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Nunavik's Jaaji Uppik finds his voice". Nunatsiaq News. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  5. ^ Lapointe, Josée; Vigneault, Alexandre (2021-12-14). "Écoute sélective | La paix intérieure de Beatrice Deer". La Presse (in French). Retrieved 2021-12-14.
  6. ^ Myriam Bercier, "Les résultats du gala de l’ADISQ 2022". Le Canal Auditif, November 6, 2022.
  7. ^ "My All To You by Beatrice Deer on Spotify". open.spotify.com. Retrieved 19 May 2020.

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