Norma Kassi
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Norma Kassi (born April 10, 1954) is a native Gwich'in from Yukon Territory, Canada,[1] and a former member of the Yukon Legislative Assembly and former chief of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation.[2] She was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2002,[3] together with Sarah James and Jonathon Solomon. They received the prize for their struggles for protection of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) from plans of oil exploration and drilling. Oil and gas exploration would disturb the life cycle of the Porcupine caribou, which has been the foundation for the Gwich'in culture for 20,000 years.[3] In 2010 she was elected as Chief of the Vuntut Gwitchin.
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- ↑ Yukon Votes 2006: Vuntut Gwitchin. cbc.ca.
- ↑ a b Goldman Environmental Prize: Norma Kassi Template:Webarchive (Retrieved on November 29, 2007)
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- Vuntut Gwitchin people
- Women MLAs in Yukon
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- Goldman Environmental Prize awardees
- 20th-century Canadian women politicians
- 20th-century members of the Yukon Legislative Assembly