Complex sentence: Abe Okpik CM, was instrumental in helping Inuit obtain surnames rather than disc numbers, and he was also the first Inuk to sit on what is now the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories.
Split into simpler sentences: Abe Okpik CM, was instrumental in helping Inuit obtain surnames rather than disc numbers. He was also the first Inuk to sit on what is now the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories.