Sugluk (variously styled Sugluc, SUGLUC, or the Sugluk Group) were a Canadian rock band based in northern
Quebec
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. Led by singer George Kakayuk and guitarist Tayara Papigatuk, the group toured extensively through the 1970s and 1980s and recorded two singles with the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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's Northern Service in 1975. The band wrote songs in both English and
Inuktitut
Inuktitut ( ; , Inuktitut syllabics, syllabics ), also known as Eastern Canadian Inuktitut, is one of the principal Inuit languages of Canada. It is spoken in all areas north of the North American tree line, including parts of the provinces of ...
. They were formed in
Salluit, Quebec
Salluit (, "the thin ones") is the second northernmost Inuit community in Quebec, Canada, located on Sugluk Inlet close to the Hudson Strait and was formerly known as Sugluk. Its population was 1,483 in the Canada 2016 Census and the populatio ...
(formerly known as Sugluk) in the early 1970s and reunited in 2013. Salluit-born pop singer
Elisapie Isaac
Elisapie Isaac (also known simply as Elisapie; syllabics: ; born 1977) is a Canadian Inuk musician, broadcaster, documentary filmmaker, activist, and actress. She spent her childhood in Salluit, Nunavik, Quebec, and moved to Montreal in 1999 t ...
, who is Kakayuk's niece, performed with the band in her youth.
Recordings
The only recordings by the group are two 45 RPM singles recorded by the CBC's Northern Service in 1975.
* "Attama Onnikansigit" (My Father's Story) b/w "Sunamiq Pigumavit" (What Do You Want?)/ "Ajuinarasuasuga" (I Tried Hard), 7", CBC Northern Service, 1975
* "Fall Away / I Didn't Know" b/w "Ballad of the Running Girl / Little Boy" 7", CBC Northern Service, 1975
The tracks "Fall Away", "I Didn't Know", and "Ajuinarasuasuga" appear on the 2014 compilation album ''