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Quick facts for kids Tanya Tagaq CM | |
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| Birth name | Tanya Tagaq Gillis |
| Born | (1975-05-05) May 5, 1975 (age 49) |
| Origin | Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada |
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| Years active | 2002–present |
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Tanya Tagaq, Moers Festival 2012
Tanya TagaqCM (Inuktitut syllabics: ᑕᓐᔭ ᑕᒐᖅ, born Tanya Tagaq Gillis, May 5, 1975), also credited as Tagaq, is a Canadian Inukthroat singer, songwriter, novelist, actor, and visual artist from Cambridge Bay (Iqaluktuuttiaq), Nunavut, Canada, on the south coast of Victoria Island.
Early years
At the age of 15, after attending school in Cambridge Bay, Tagaq went to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, to attend Sir John Franklin High School where she first began to practice throat singing. During this time Tagaq, like most other students from the centr Biography of nat king cole.