Beatrice Deer (born 1985) is a Canadian Inuk-Mohawk singer and actress from Quaqtaq, Nunavik, Quebec. 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 Christmas album, An Arctic Christmas. Her album, SHIFTING, was released on 2021.
Deer's newest album, Inuit Legend, is set to be released on April 3, 2026.
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 Twin Flames.
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 Felix Award nominee for Indigenous Artist of the Year at the 44th Félix Awards 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)
SHIFTING (2021)
Innginguarutit (Little Songs) (2023)
References
External links
Beatrice Deer on the Inuit Art Quarterly Profiles Beatrice Deer on Qaggiavuut