Kelly Fraser, an Inuk pop singer-songwriter, has died at the age of 26.
Fraser released her first album “Isuma” in 2014. Her second album “Sedna,” which came out in February 2017, was nominated for a Juno for Indigenous Music Album of the Year.The album featured both English and Inuktitut lyrics and portrayed the history of the Inuit and rise of the Nunavummiut through the story of Sedna, the goddess of the sea.
Fraser’s first single from “Sedna” called ‘Fight for the Rights’ was aimed at swinging the land claims vote in May 2017.
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