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Tanya Tagaq CM (Inuktitut syllabics: ᑕᓐᔭ ᑕᒐᖅ, born Tanya Tagaq Gillis, May 5, 1975), also credited as Tagaq, is a Canadian Inuk throat singer, songwriter, novelist, actor, and visual artist from Cambridge Bay (Iqaluktuuttiaq), Nunavut, Canada, on the south coast of Victoria Island.
A member of the Order of Canada, Polaris Music Prize and JUNO Award winner and recipient of multiple honorary doctorates, Tagaq is an original disruptor, a world-changing figure at the forefront of seismic social, political and environmental change.
Jul 16, 2015 · An experimental artist who has achieved a level of mainstream crossover success, Tanya Tagaq blends Inuit throat singing (traditionally done as a duet) with electronic, classical, punk and rock music.
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Feb 7, 2022 · Tanya Tagaq is finally catching her breath. Shortly after the world froze in its tracks during the early days of COVID-19, the Inuk artist was struggling. Twenty years of touring, life kept...
Feb 21, 2020 · Tagaq challenged critics of the Inuit seal hunt, a means of survival in the North and notably different from the commercial hunt in Newfoundland, by posting "sealfies" on her Twitter account, i.e...
Jan 26, 2022 · Tagaq, a recipient of the national Polaris Music Prize, discusses the subjugation of Canada's Indigenous people and her hopes for healing through acknowledging that difficult history.
