Beatrice Deer

About

The artist

Beatrice Deer is an Inuk and Mohawk singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer, and visual artist from Quaqtaq in Nunavik who is based in Montréal. She began recording in the mid-2000s and received a Canadian Aboriginal Music Award for her first album, Just Bea. After moving to Montréal as a young adult, Deer taught herself guitar and developed a sound she calls Inuindie. The approach joins indie rock and modern folk arrangements with Inuit musical practice, including throat singing, and songs in Inuktitut, English, and French. Her catalog includes Beatrice Deer and An Arctic Christmas in 2010, Fox in 2015, the Canadian Folk Music Award-winning My All to You in 2018, SHIFTING in 2021, and Little Songs in 2023. Deer has also composed for film, including work connected to Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman's Apprentice and Giant Bear. Inuit Legend, her eighth album, arrived in April 2026. The record reimagines Inuit fables and family stories through guitar, drums, atmospheric production, and throat singing, with particular attention to women's strength, historical trauma, survival, and the continuity of Nunavik knowledge. Deer launched the album in Montréal and continues to perform in Canada and internationally. Her official biography, National Music Centre profile, and current interviews all identify Montréal as her present base.