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There are very few Eskimos, but millions of Whites, just like mosquitoes. It is something very special and wonderful to be an Eskimo—they are like the snow geese. If an Eskimo forgets his language and Eskimo ways, he will be nothing but just another mosquito.
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You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call "failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down.
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Abe Okpik
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Born:
January 12, 1928
Died:
July 10, 1997
(aged 69)
Bio:
Abraham "Abe" Okpik was an Inuit community leader in Canada. He was instrumental in helping Inuit obtain surnames rather than disc numbers.
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