Beatrice Deer

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

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. Her album, SHIFTING, was released on 2021.[3]

Deer's newest album, Inuit Legend, is set to be released on April 3, 2026.[4]

Biography

Deer was born in Quaqtaq, to an Inuk mother and a Mohawk father from Kahnawake.[1][5] She is the cousin of Jaaji of the band Twin Flames.[6]

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.[7]

She was a Felix Award nominee for Indigenous Artist of the Year at the 44th Félix Awards in 2022.[8]

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)[9]
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
  • SHIFTING (2021)
No.TitleLength
1."FREE"2:47
2."UQAUTINNGA"3:00
3."AANNGIQ"2:06
4."ILINNUT-a prayer"4:13
5."THE STORM"2:50
6."SUNAUVVA"3:18
7."CANNIBAL"2:47
8."HISTORY"3:31
9."MOTHER (version française)"4:10
10."CHRISTMAS"3:39
Total length:33:00
  • Innginguarutit (Little Songs) (2023)
No.TitleLength
1."Kinngamiurjuiguug"2:26
2."Sukkasailasami"1:34
3."Airqavaakka"2:34
4."Uujuq"2:34
5."Timmiat"3:25
6."Taakkuatakka"2:16
7."Taki Taakii"2:46
8."Qiturngaauja"1:46
9."Qiarpali"2:10
10."Uatapataannaa Uat"1:21
11."Tuurngaup Inngirusinga"2:01
12."Taakajai"2:14
13."Qajauqatiik"1:21
14."Tuttujuilluqa"3:00
15."Quluppajuittuq"2:26
Total length:33:56

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. ^ Currie, Jordan (7 December 2021). "Beatrice Deer's 'SHIFTING' Is a Multilingual Merger of Darkness and Light". Exclaim!. Retrieved 11 February 2026.
  4. ^ Torres, Kayla (5 February 2026). "Beatrice Deer Announces New Album 'Inuit Legend'". Exclaim!. Retrieved 11 February 2026.
  5. ^ "Kahnawake singer wins Indigenous Music Award". The Eastern Door. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Nunavik's Jaaji Uppik finds his voice". Nunatsiaq News. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  7. ^ Lapointe, Josée; Vigneault, Alexandre (2021-12-14). "Écoute sélective | La paix intérieure de Beatrice Deer". La Presse (in French). Retrieved 2021-12-14.
  8. ^ Myriam Bercier, "Les résultats du gala de l’ADISQ 2022". Le Canal Auditif, November 6, 2022.
  9. ^ "My All To You by Beatrice Deer on Spotify". open.spotify.com. Retrieved 19 May 2020.

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