Caroline Cannon

{{Short description|American environmentalist}}

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| known_for = Grassroots environmentalism

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| awards = Goldman Environmental Prize (2012)

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Caroline Cannon or Aqugaq is an Iñupiaq leader and environmentalist from Point Hope, Alaska.{{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}} She was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2012 for her fight for protection of marine ecosystems against pollution from the petroleum industry.{{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}}{{cite web|url=http://www.goldmanprize.org/recipient/caroline-cannon |title=Caroline Cannon |publisher=Goldman Environmental Prize|accessdate=31 May 2012}}{{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}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thearcticsounder.com/article/1216point_hope_leader_awarded_prestigious_prize

|title=Point Hope leader awarded prestigious prize

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|date=20 April 2012 |accessdate=28 April 2019}}

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 (Seven Stories Press), edited by Subhankar Banerjee.{{Cite web |title=Arctic Voices |url=https://sevenstories.com/books/2905-arctic-voices |access-date=2023-03-29 |website=sevenstories.com}}