Abe Okpik

  • male, deceased (1997)
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Description:
Abe (Abraham) Okpik CM, (12 January, 1929 - 10 July, 1997) was instrumental in helping Inuit obtain surnames rather than disc numbers. He was also the first Inuk to sit on the Northwest Territories Council and worked with Thomas Berger. Wikipedia
Born:
January 12, 1929
Died:
July 10, 1997
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  • Wikipedia

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    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abe_Okpik

  • Canku Ota - November 15,...

    Hello, Abe Hello, Can you tell us a story about when you were growing up?
    www.turtletrack.org/Issues03/Co11152003/CO_11152003_Elder...

  • Unipkausivut Building...

    Abe Okpik was born near Aklavik. He is known for heading Project Surname in 1969, a Government of Northwest Territories project in which they asked Inuit to replace their old government disk numbers with surnames.
    www.nald.ca/library/learning/unipkausivut/page25.htm