Beatrice Deer Explained

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
Birth Place:	Quaqtaq, Nunavik, Canada
Nationality:	Canadian
Style:	Folk, Pop music, rock

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
• 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)

• Beatrice Deer (2010)

• Fox (2015)

• My All To You (2018)^[7]

External links

• • Beatrice Deer on the Inuit Art Quarterly Profiles
• Beatrice Deer on Qaggiavuut

Notes and References

1. Web site: Deer, Beatrice Inuit Literatures ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐊᓪᓚᒍᓯᖏᑦ Littératures inuites. 2021-06-03. inuit.uqam.ca.
2. Web site: Beatrice Deer. Northern Lights Trade Show 2008. 31 March 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20080908013543/http://www.northernlightsottawa.com/bios/performers_am.html. 8 September 2008. dead.
3. News: Kahnawake singer wins Indigenous Music Award. 23 January 2024. The Eastern Door. 18 September 2015. en.
4. News: Nunavik’s Jaaji Uppik finds his voice. 23 January 2024. Nunatsiaq News. 31 March 2014. en.
5. Web site: 2021-12-14 . Écoute sélective La paix intérieure de Beatrice Deer . 2021-12-14 . La Presse . fr.
6. Myriam Bercier, "Les résultats du gala de l’ADISQ 2022". Le Canal Auditif, November 6, 2022.
7. Web site: My All To You by Beatrice Deer on Spotify. open.spotify.com. 19 May 2020.