Jim Edward Sittichinli

Jim Sittichinli was the son of Annie and Rev. Edward Sittichinli and he grew up in Fort McPherson.1) In 1915, Jim Sittichinli came over to the Whitestone area, in the upper Peel River basin in the bush, to baptise a child.2)

After Edward Sittichinli died in 1928, Jim and his mother made their living, fishing and trapping, around Aklavik.3) Jim and his wife raised their family at Aklavik.4) John Joe Kyikavichik was told by his father that Jim Edward used to travel from Aklavik to Lapierre House when the Gwich’in people were there drying meat.5)

Jim Sittichini was ordained as an Anglican priest in 1960 and was in charge at the All Saints Cathedral in Inuvik.6)

1) , 4) , 6)
“Jim Edward Sittichinli, storyteller.” Gwadal’ Zheii: Belonging to the Land, Canadian Museum of History, 2019 website: https://www.historymuseum.ca/Gwich’in/storytellers/jim-edward-sittichinli/
2)
“Oral History in the Porcupine-Peel Landscape.” Porcupine-Peel Landscape: Traditional Values Study. Old Crow: Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, April 1995: 10.
3)
Lee Sax and Effie Linklater, Gikhyi: One Who Speaks The Word of God. Diocese of Yukon, November 1990: 74-75.
5)
Vuntut Gwich’in First Nation & Shirleen Smith, People of the Lakes: Stories of Our Van Tat Gwich’in Elders. University of Alberta Press, 2009: 197.