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Tanya Tagaq


CM

Tagaq in 2021

Background information
Birth nameTanya Tagaq Gillis
Born(1975-05-05) May 5, 1975 (age 49)
OriginCambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • novelist
  • visual artist
Years active2002–present
Labels
  • Jericho Beach
  • Six Shooter
  • Ipecac
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.