Abe Okpik
Abe "Abraham" Okpik, CM (12 January 1928 – 10 July 1997) was an Inuit community leader in Canada. He instrumental in helping Inuit obtain surnames rather than disc numbers. He was also the first Inuk to sit on what is now the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories and worked with Thomas Berger.
Read more about Abe Okpik: Early Life, 1960s, Project Surname, The Berger Commission, Order of Canada, Later Life and Death
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