Beatrice Deer (born 1985) is a Canadian

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- Mohawk singer and actress from

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. She released her debut album, ''Just Bea'', in 2005, and won a Canadian Aboriginal Music Award for Best Inuit/Cultural Album. In 2010, she released her self-titled album, ''Beatrice Deer'', and later that same year, she released a

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album, '' An Arctic Christmas''.

Biography

Deer was born in Quaqtaq, to an Inuk mother and a Mohawk father from Kahnawake. She is the cousin of Jaaji of the band

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. 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. She was a

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nominee for Indigenous Artist of the Year at the

44th Félix Awards The 43rd Félix Awards were held on November 6, 2022 to honour achievements in Quebec music. The gala was hosted by Louis-José Houde, and televised by Ici Radio-Canada Télé. The advance ceremony announcing the winners in categories not se ...

in 2022.Myriam Bercier
"Les résultats du gala de l’ADISQ 2022"
''Le Canal Auditif'', November 6, 2022.

Discography

*''Just Bea'' (2005) *''Beatrice Deer'' (2010) * ''Fox'' (2015) * ''My All To You'' (2018)

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