Abe Okpik

For other uses, see Okpik (disambiguation).

Abe Okpik
CM
Auktalik
Okpik in April 1964
Born12 January 1928
Mackenzie Delta area, Northwest Territories
Died10 July 1997(1997-07-10) (aged 69)
Iqaluit, Northwest Territories (now Nunavut)
OccupationInuk community leader

Abraham "Abe" Okpik, CM (12 January 1928 – 10 July 1997) was an Inuk community leader in Canada. He was instrumental in helping Inuit obtain surnames rather than disc numbers as a form of government identification. He was also the first Inuk to sit on what is now the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories and worked with Thomas Berger.

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