By Cedric Gallant Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Accepting a Juno Award Sunday night, singer Elisapie told the audience her 2023 release Inuktitut “is not just a cover album” and that it “tells a story of three decades in such a short time.” The Salluit-born singer’s album won in the Contemporary Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year category. The awards ceremony was held in Halifax. “I am not just an artist,” she said. “Artist in Inuktitut does not even have a name because we are all creators, we are all meant to be free.” Elisapie Isaac is known professionally as Elisapie. Her album was also nominated in the Album Artwork of the Year category, which was won by Riopelle Symphonique by Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal. Inuktitut features 10 Inuktitut-language covers…
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