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Abraham Okpik (Abe Okpik) 
Abraham Okpik (Abe Okpik)
Aklavik, NorthWest Territories, Canada
Abraham Okpik (1928-1997) Born in the Mackenzie Delta near Aklavik. He 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.
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HONORS:
LAST 12 MONTHS: 1
AWARDED: 0
LAST ACTIVE: NEVER
He was known as Auktalik, meaning man with a mole. He selected Abraham as a biblical reference, and Okpik, a name meaning willow, as his surname.
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Aklavik, NorthWest Territories, Canada
Abraham Okpik (1928-1997) Born in the Mackenzie Delta near Aklavik. He 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.
JOINED: over a month ago
HONORS:
1
LAST 12 MONTHS: 1
AWARDED: 0
LAST ACTIVE: NEVER
He was known as Auktalik, meaning man with a mole. He selected Abraham as a biblical reference, and Okpik, a name meaning willow, as his surname.
ACCOUNT: : In Memoriam :
Honors Received
◄ Jo Leath ⊙3
[P7.2026.03] 18/01/2026
Honoured for Project Surname, which replaced the identification numbers assigned to Inuit people. This was an act of humanizing a whole population in the eyes of the rest of the world. Thank you.
[P7.2026.03] 18/01/2026
Honoured for Project Surname, which replaced the identification numbers assigned to Inuit people. This was an act of humanizing a whole population in the eyes of the rest of the world. Thank you.