History Literature / LeaphornAndChee

* ''The Fallen Man'' (1996) (First appearance of Officer Bernadette "Bernie" Manuelito)

* ''The Fallen Man'' (1996)

* ''The Blessing Way'' (1970) (Features Joe Leaphorn only)

* ''People Of Darkness'' (1980) (Features Jim Chee only)

* ''The Blessing Way'' (1970)
* ''Dance Hall of the Dead'' (1973)
* ''Listening Woman'' (1978)
* ''People Of Darkness'' (1980)
* ''The Dark Wind'' (1982)
* ''The Ghostway'' (1984)
* ''Skinwalkers'' (1986)

* TheExoticDetective: The Leaphorn/Chee series originally came across as this. Before Hillerman stories about Native American detectives on TheRez were rare, although today it's a whole subgenre.

* TheCityVsTheCountry: A source of tension in Jim Chee's relationship with Janet Pete, the half-Navajo daughter of a white socialite from the East Coast. She wants him to leave TheRez behind and come back with her to DC as a polished FBI agent; he wants her to return to her Navajo roots.

The film ''Film/TheDarkWind'' adapts the novel of the same name. The novels ''Skinwalkers'', ''Coyote Waits'', and ''A Thief of Time'' were adapted into television movies as part of Creator/{{PBS}}'s ''Mystery!'' series. A new series entitled ''Series/DarkWinds'', with Creator/ZahnMcClarnon as Leaphorn and Kiowa Gordan as Chee, premiered on Creator/{{AMC}} in 2022.

** In the most recent entries to the series, Anne Hillerman adds a Din&‌#233; bizaad glossary at the end of the book, even including such neologisms as [[UsefulNotes/Covid19Pandemic "the big cough."]]

* MeaningfulName: Part of Navajo culture is that you get a real name known only to your closest family members, which describes you in some way. Bernie's is Girl Who Laughs.

* UptownGirl: Both of Jim Chee's initial love interests Mary Landon and Janet Pete, successful career women who were not comfortable with life on the reservation, in contrast with the traditionalist Chee, who is happy to live in a trailer with his large family all in walking distance. His eventual wife, Bernie Manuelito, is as committed to the Navaho way of life as he is.

* WhiteSavior: ''Talking God'''s Henry Highhawk, a blond-haired, blue eyed archeologist, who upon learning he has some Navaho ancestry, decides to take on the tribe's fight for himself, regardless if the actual people on the Rez want it or not.

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The film ''Film/TheDarkWind'' adapts the novel of the same name. The novels ''Skinwalkers'', ''Coyote Waits'', and ''A Thief of Time'' were adapted into television movies as part of Creator/{{PBS}}'s ''Mystery!'' series. A new series entitled ''Series/DarkWinds'', with Creator/ZahnMcClarnon as Leaphorn and Kiowa Gordan as Chee, is set to premiere in 2022.

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Joe Leaphorn, and there's a talk show host in ''Hunting Badger'' named Everett Emerson Jorie.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: James Tso intended for his accomplices to all die in a bombing made to look like a murder-suicide. He dies when one of said accomplices, desperately trying to prove to Leaphorn that James would never betray them, sends the planned signal a couple of hours early, while he and James are standing right next to one of the bombs.]]

The film ''Film/TheDarkWind'' adapts the novel of the same name. The novels ''Skinwalkers'', ''Coyote Waits'', and ''A Thief of Time'' were adapted into television movies as part of Creator/{{PBS}}'s ''Mystery!'' series. A new series entitled ''Dark Winds'', with Creator/ZahnMcClarnon as Leaphorn and Kiowa Gordan as Chee, is set to premiere in 2022.

The film ''Film/TheDarkWind'' adapts the novel of the same name. The novels ''Skinwalkers'', ''Coyote Waits'', and ''A Thief of Time'' were adapted into television movies as part of Creator/{{PBS}}'s ''Mystery!'' series. A new series entitled ''Dark Winds'', with Creator/ZahnMcClarnon as Leaphorn and KiowaGordan as Chee, is set to premiere in 2022.

The film ''Film/TheDarkWind'' adapts the novel of the same name. The novels ''Skinwalkers'', ''Coyote Waits'', and ''A Thief of Time'' were adapted into television movies as part of Creator/{{PBS}}'s ''Mystery!'' series.

A PoliceProcedural series created by Creator/TonyHillerman about Navajo Tribal Policemen Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, set primarily on the Navajo Reservation in the Four Corners area of the Southwest United States. Leaphorn is older, seasoned, and a bit cynical, while Chee is young and idealistic and dreams of becoming a ''Hatałii'', or Navajo shaman. Leaphorn eventually retires but continues to play an active role in major investigations.

A PoliceProcedural series created by Creator/TonyHillerman about Navajo Tribal Policemen Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, set primarily on the Navajo Reservation in the Four Corners area of the Southwest. Leaphorn is older, seasoned, and a bit cynical, while Chee is young and idealistic and dreams of becoming a ''Hatałii'', or Navajo shaman. Leaphorn eventually retires but continues to play an active role in major investigations.

* OldCopYoungCop: Navajo Tribal Police officers Joe Leaphorn (older, world-weary, atheistic) and Jim Chee (younger, more idealistic, a practicing shaman).

* OldCopYoungCop: Young cop Chee and older cop Leaphorn.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler: Emma Leaphorn survives her cancer in the PBS films.]]

Following his death in 2008, Hillerman's daughter Anne Hillerman announced plans to continue the Leaphorn/Chee series. Her continuation started publication in 2013 and gave a bigger role to the character of Bernadette "Bernie" Manuelito, with a new subtitle of "A Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito Novel" to reflect this starting with ''Rock with Wings'' in 2015. Novels written by Anne Hillerman are:

* ByTheBookCop: Joe Leaphorn.

* CityMouse: Janet Pete.

* CountryMouse: Chee.

* DeceasedFallGuyGambit: [[spoiler:The murder of Jorie]] in ''Hunting Badger''.

* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Leroy Fleck in ''Talking God'' has a doozy of one, largely thanks to his Mama.
* JurisdictionFriction: Usually between the local police and the FBI.

* OldCopYoungCop: Chee and Leaphorn.

* SiblingYinYang: In ''Listening Woman'', [[spoiler:Benjamin and James Tso]].

Creator/TonyHillerman's PoliceProcedural series about Navajo Tribal Policemen Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, set primarily on the Navajo Reservation in the Four Corners area of the Southwest. Leaphorn is older, seasoned, and a bit cynical, while Chee is young and idealistic and dreams of becoming a ''Hatałii'', or Navajo shaman. Leaphorn eventually retires but continues to play an active role in major investigations.

The complete Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee books are:

Following his death, Hillerman's daughter Anne Hillerman announced plans to continue the Leaphorn/Chee series. ''Spider Woman's Daughter'' was published in Fall 2013 and was something of a WhamEpisode. ([[spoiler: Joe Leaphorn gets shot in the head and Louisa Bourebonette is one of the suspects]].)

much-loved PoliceProcedural series about Navajo Tribal Policemen Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee, set primarily on the Navajo Reservation in the Four Corners area of the Southwest. Leaphorn is older, seasoned, and a bit cynical, while Chee is young and idealistic and dreams of becoming a ''Hatałii'', or Navajo shaman. Leaphorn eventually retires but continues to play an active role in major investigations.