Jim Chee

Jim Chee is one of two Navajo Tribal Police detectives in a series of mystery novels by Tony Hillerman.

Jim Chee is an acting sergeant in the Navajo Tribal Police when he first appears in People of Darkness, working in the Crownpoint, New Mexico, office.

Chee's education is similar to that of Lt. Leaphorn, as he studied anthropology at the University of New Mexico and attended a boarding high school, described in People of Darkness.

In Coyote Waits, Chee mentions that he took about seven years to graduate from college, as he had to skip a term to earn tuition money.

In the 1991 theatrical film adaptation of The Dark Wind, Chee was played by Lou Diamond Phillips.