Editing Jim Chee (section)

{{Infobox character
| name = Jim Chee
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| first = ''[[People of Darkness]]''
| last = ''[[The Shape Shifter]]''
| creator = [[Tony Hillerman]]
| portrayer = [[Lou Diamond Phillips]]<br />[[Adam Beach]]<br />[[Kiowa Gordon]]
| gender = Male
| occupation = Navajo tribal police officer
| nationality = Native-American
}}
'''Jim Chee''' is one of two [[Navajo Tribal Police]] detectives in a series of [[Mystery fiction|mystery]] novels by [[Tony Hillerman]].<ref name=Bakerman1986>{{cite book |last=Bakerman |first=Jane S. |chapter=Tony Hillerman's Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee |editor-first1=George N. |editor-last1=Dove |editor-first2=Earl F. |editor-last2=Bargainnier |title=Cops and Constables: American and British Fictional Policemen |publisher=Popular Press |year=1986 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G6vilUbhLQEC&pg=PA98 |pages=98–113 |isbn=0879723343}}</ref>  Unlike his superior [[Joe Leaphorn]], the "Legendary Lieutenant", Chee is a staunch believer in traditional Navajo culture; indeed, he is studying to be a traditional healer at the same time that he is a police officer.