Edward Sittichinli (1850s - 1928) Edward Sittichinli was a Nakoochonjik Gwitch’in from the Mackenzie River. His brother was the Christian Leader Colin Vitshikk. Edward married Annie Shadah on 12 July 1884 and they had twelve children.((Lee Sax and Effie Linklater, //Gikhyi: One Who Speaks The Word of God.// Diocese of Yukon, November 1990: 71, 74-79, 86.)) The Hudson’s Bay Company closed the LaPierre House post in 1893 and sold the buildings for $250 to Reverend McDonald for the Diocese of Selkirk. Sittichinli was appointed as a Christian Leader by Reverend MacDonald in 1896 and ordained in 1903 by Bishop Young, the same day as William Njootli. Sittichinli was assigned to the Tukudh people at LaPierre House from 1903 to 1906. He took over the work done by first Henry Venn Geh ts’eh and then by the Reverend John Ttssiettla. Charles Tzikkyi, the Tukudh Christian Leader was Sittichinli's partner and assistant. He was assigned to the Fort McPherson mission from 1907 to 1928. Edward Sittichinli died in a flu epidemic while travelling in the Sewart River country.((Lee Sax and Effie Linklater, //Gikhyi: One Who Speaks The Word of God.// Diocese of Yukon, November 1990: 71, 74-79, 86.))