sentences:  In recognition of Okpik's work with the "Berger Commission", on the NWT Council and for "Project Surname" he was made a "Member of the Order of Canada".The appointment was made 15 December 1976 with the investiture 20 April 1977.In 1979 he returned to Iqaluit but had spent time on Banks Island and in Spence Bay, now Taloyoak.