Award-winning performer Tagaq harassed in Winnipeg
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An award-winning Inuit musician who performed in Winnipeg at a ballet depicting the sexual assault of indigenous women says she was sexually harassed herself on the streets of this city.
Last week, Polaris Prize-winning throat singer Tanya Tagaq performed at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s Going Home Star – Truth And Reconciliation, a work about Canada’s residential schools. The performance featured both pre-taped Tagaq vocals in the score and a live performance by the musician, who lives in Brandon.
The ballet, which closed on Sunday, included several depictions of sexual assault of indigenous women who attended residential schools.
On Wednesday, Tagaq tweeted she was singled out on the basis of her ethnicity and sexually harassed during her stay in Winnipeg.
“I was in Winnipeg for the ballet, walking to lunch, when a man started following me calling me a “sexy little Indian” and asking to f**k,” she tweeted. “That is why it is creepy and scary. It happens when we are alone. In the day or night,” she added, using the hashtag #MMIW, which denotes missing and murdered indigenous women.
During the ongoing civic election campaign, several mayoral candidates have raised the issue of indigenous women and girls being treated like sex-trade workers on Winnipeg streets, regardless of who or where they are.
