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Joe Leaphorn
The Leaphorn and Chee series character
First appearanceThe Blessing Way
Last appearanceThe Shape Shifter
Created byTony Hillerman
Portrayed byFred Ward
Wes Studi
Zahn McClarnon
In-universe information
GenderMale
OccupationNavajo tribal police officer
NationalityNative-American

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.

  1. ^ George N. Dove and Earl F. Bargainnier (eds), Cops and Constables: American and British Fictional Policemen, Popular Press, 1986, pp. 98–113, ISBN 0879723343.

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