Caroline Cannon

{{Short description|American environmentalist}} {{Infobox person | name = Caroline Cannon | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | parents = | children = | relatives = | education = | occupation = Iñupiat leader | years_active = | known_for = Grassroots environmentalism | notable_works = | awards = Goldman Environmental Prize (2012) | native_name = Aqugaq }} '''Caroline Cannon''' or '''Aqugaq''' is an Iñupiaq leader and environmentalist from Point Hope, Alaska.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=12-P13-00016&segmentID=5 |title=Goldman Prize Winner Caroline Cannon |website=loe.org |date=20 April 2012 |accessdate=28 April 2019}}</ref> She was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2012 for her fight for protection of marine ecosystems against pollution from the petroleum industry.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/alaskan-wins-environmental-prize-for-opposing-offshore-drilling-148776855/370083.html |title=Alaskan Wins Environmental Prize for Opposing Offshore Drilling |website=Voice of America |publisher= |date=23 April 2012 |access-date=28 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/caroline-cannon |title=Caroline Cannon |publisher=Goldman Environmental Prize|accessdate=31 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.treehugger.com/energy-policy/inupiat-woman-wins-goldman-prize-leading-fight-against-arctic-drilling.html |title=Inupiat Woman Wins Goldman Prize for Leading Fight Against Arctic Drilling |website=treehugger.com |date=20 April 2012 |accessdate=28 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thearcticsounder.com/article/1216point_hope_leader_awarded_prestigious_prize |title=Point Hope leader awarded prestigious prize |website=thearcticsounder.com |date=20 April 2012 |accessdate=28 April 2019}}</ref>

In 2020, Cannon co-authored a chapter, "We Will Fight to Protect the Arctic Ocean and Our Way of Life," with Robert Thompson, Rosemary Ahtuangaruak and Earl Kingik in ''Arctic Voices: Resistance at the Tipping Point'' (Seven Stories Press), edited by Subhankar Banerjee.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arctic Voices |url=https://sevenstories.com/books/2905-arctic-voices |access-date=2023-03-29 |website=sevenstories.com}}</ref>

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==Further reading== *{{cite web |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/09/12/fossil-fuels-and-climate-change-in-point-hope-alaska |title=Whale Hunters of the Warming Arctic |website=newyorker.com |date=5 September 2016 |first=Tom |last=Kizzia |accessdate=28 April 2019}}

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