Reclaiming the Inuit roots I was forced to suppress - Lives Less Ordinary, BBC World Service (opens in new tab)

Tanya Tagaq is an Inuk throat singer from Cambridge Bay whose life story spans residential schools, cultural suppression, controversy over Inuit traditions, and an accidental rise to international fame through touring with Björk\. Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 Born and raised in the remote Arctic community of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Tanya’s parents were among Inuit families forcibly relocated by the Canadian government to the High Arctic in the 1950s as part of a strategy to clai...