Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn is a fictional character created by the twentieth-century American mystery writer Tony Hillerman. He is one of the two officers of the Navajo Tribal Police who are featured in a number of Hillerman's novels. [1] The other officer is Jim Chee.

The Leaphorn and Chee series is a series of crime fiction and detective fiction novels featuring the Navajo tribal police officers, Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee in the main lead. These characters are depicted as serving in the Navajo police force in the southwest U.S.A.

Series list: A Jim Chee/Joe Leaphorn Mystery (28 Books). A sortable list in reading order and chronological order with publication date, genre, and rating.

Dark Winds: Created by Graham Roland. With Zahn McClarnon, Kiowa Gordon, Jessica Matten, Deanna Allison. Follows Leaphorn and Chee, two Navajo police officers in the 1970s Southwest that are forced to challenge their own spiritual beliefs when they …

The main character in his Navajo series is Joe Leaphorn, and Jim Chee, two officers in the Navajo Tribal police. Hillerman’s first novel and smash success was The Blessing Way (1970), and introduced the universe of the Navajo Tribal police and the character Joe Leaphorn.

Since 2022, he has played the lead role of Joe Leaphorn in the AMC series Dark Winds. [1] He features in the FX on Hulu series Reservation Dogs, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe series Hawkeye (2021) and Echo (2024).

Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn of the Navajo Tribal Police investigates the murders; Tso's body is mutilated, while Anna's body is unmarked. Leaphorn has a personal history with Anna's family, which he does not disclose to his colleagues.

Jul 11, 2023 · Zahn McClarnon brings Joe Leaphorn to life in the Western mystery "Dark Winds." Here's why the iconic Native actor looks familiar.

Aug 27, 2024 · Zahn McClarnon brings Joe Leaphorn to life in Dark Winds Season 2. Leaphorn serves as the lieutenant of the Tribal Police. He and his partner, Jim Chee, work together to solve cases that unexpectedly intersect in the Navajo Country.

Mar 1, 2019 · Written by ex-journalist and American author Tony Hillerman, the Leaphorn and Chee series is a mystery series set in the Southwestern United States and about Navajo tribal police officers, more precisely about the “Legendary Lieutenant” Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee.