Abe Okpik, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Abe Okpik

Canadian politician

Date of Birth: 12-Jan-1928

Place of Birth: Mackenzie River, Northwest Territories, Canada

Date of Death: 10-Jul-1997

Profession: politician

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Abraham "Abe" Okpik, CM (12 January 1928 – 10 July 1997) was an Inuit 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.