To the Jim Chee who was an alumnus of the University of New Mexico, a subscriber to Esquire and Newsweek, an officer of the Navajo Tribal Police, lover of Mary Landon, holder of a Farmington Public Library card, student of anthropology and sociology, ‘with distinction’ graduate of the FBI academy, holder of Social Security card 441 28 7272, it was a logical step to take…īut ‘Jim Chee’ was only what his uncle would call his ‘white man name.’ His real name, his secret name, his war name, was Long Thinker, given him by Hosteen Frank Sam Nakai, the eldest brother of his mother and one of the most respected singers among Four Corners Navajos. Either he stayed Navajo or he turned white. Either he stayed with the Navajo Tribal Police or he took a job off the reservation. And Police Sergeant Jim Chee had found nothing to say to her. ‘Navajos, Mary Landon had reminded him in the Crownpoint Cafe’, marry into the wife’s clan. Now our daughter will go with beauty above her. Now our daughter will walk with dark mist around her. ‘Now our daughter will walk again in the male rain falling.
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