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Old Crow, Zzeh Gittlit  / Deetru' K'avihdik (early 1800s - 1869)
	
Old Crow was also known as Deetru’ K’avihdik (Crow May I Walk) and Zzeh Gittlit (“in the corner”). The name Zzeh Gittlit referred to Old Crow’s habit of sitting near the smoke hole of his tent. During his life, he was the only trading chief of the Vuntut Gwich’in, designated by the Hudson’s Bay Company to collect furs for trade from the trappers between Fort Yukon and Lapierre House. He distributed the goods he traded for among the Gwich’in people. He was known for his skill in diplomacy and his ability to settle disputes. Old Crow, John Kyikavichik, and another man died after drinking poisoned water from a muskrat house while trapping in Crow Flats.((Vuntut Gwich’in First Nation & Shirleen Smith, //People of the Lakes: Stories of Our Van Tat Gwich’in Elders.// University of Alberta Press, 2009: 108-09.)) \\
	
Following the chief's death in the 1870's, his people named the river, mountains, and general hunting area Old Crow.((Old Crow Home of the Vuntut Gwitchin, “History.” Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, 2019 website: https://www.oldcrow.ca/history.htm)) The Chief Zzeh Gittlit School in Old Crow is named in his memory.((Vuntut Gwich’in First Nation & Shirleen Smith, //People of the Lakes: Stories of Our Van Tat Gwich’in Elders.// University of Alberta Press, 2009: 108-09.))