Inuksuk Mackay and Tiffany Ayalik, also known as the visionary Inuit throat-singing sister duo PIQSIQ (“pilk-silk”), are back with another installment of their holiday tradition—re-imagining Christmas carols through an Inuit and de-colonial lens. This year they take on “Ave Maria,” composed by Franz Schubert. He based it on Walter Scott’s 1810 poem, “The Lady Of The Lake,” which was written without any religious agenda. After Schubert composed “Ave Maria” in 1825, it was subsequently co-opted by the Catholic Church as a plea to the Virgin Mary—“Ave Maria” meaning “hail Mary” in Latin. Inuksuk explains: “We wanted to call into question the hypocrisy of the Catholic Church through this song. We are soothed with messages of exalting an impossible version of womanhood through the Virgin Mary b...