Tanya Tagaq

• Indigenous Music Awards stands by non-Inuit nomination despite boycott threat

  The awards are being accused of cultural appropriation for nominating a non-Inuit artist whose songs feature throat-singing.

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  Apr 4, 2019
• Arcade Fire, other Canadian musicians sign letter supporting First Nations anti-pipeline movement

  Northern B.C.'s Unist’ot’en camp aims to protect their land from the Coastal GasLink Pipeline Project.

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  Jan 22, 2019
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• Inuk throat singer, Tanya Tagaq says Facebook account was suspended over sealskin photo

  Award-winning Inuk throat singer Tanya Tagaq said she was temporarily suspended from Facebook after posting a photo of a sealskin coat.

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  Feb 2, 2017
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• Order of Canada recipients include Inuit throat singer Tanya Tagaq, children’s author

  An avant garde Inuit throat singer who receives hate mail over her art and a children's story teller who grew up wanting to be a boy are among the latest recipients of the Order of Canada.

  Canada

  Dec 31, 2016
• Interstellar Rodeo brings ‘sophisticated’ music fest to Winnipeg

  Interstellar Rodeo, an annual Edmonton festival marketed as a higher-end musical experience, will come to Winnipeg in its fourth year.

  Apr 7, 2015
• Singer Tanya Tagaq shares ‘creepy and scary’ incident in Winnipeg

  A prize-winning throat singer says she was sexually harassed and called "a sexy little Indian" while in Winnipeg.

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  Oct 9, 2014
• Royal Winnipeg Ballet show tackles residential schools

  The Royal Winnipeg Ballet will tackle Canada's fraught colonial history Wednesday with the world premiere of a ballet about Indian residential schools.

  Oct 1, 2014
• Tanya Tagaq surprised by reaction to seal comments

  Singer Tanya Tagaq has suggested the focus on her seal hunt comments has overshadowed a far more important issue -- Canada's missing and murdered aboriginal women.

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  Sep 25, 2014
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• Tanya Tagaq takes shot at PETA even though it’s not against Inuit seal hunt

  Nunavut throat singer Tanya Tagaq used her Polaris Music Prize acceptance speech Monday to take a shot at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

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  Sep 23, 2014