Who is Jim Chee from A Thief of Time: A Novel and what is their importance? A_Thief_of_Time English & Literature Jim Chee | A Thief of Time: A Novel

This character can be thought of as a secondary protagonist in that he often acts alone on a parallel path to the main character, Joe Leaphorn. Chee is an officer of the Navajo Tribal Police, but unlike Joe Leaphorn who is older and of a higher rank in the police force, Chee has not rejected all of the traditional beliefs of the Navajo people. In fact, Chee is studying to be a hatathali, or Navajo singer of curing ceremonies.