Joe Leaphorn: Retired lieutenant from the Navajo Tribal Police, widowed for ten years. He lives in Window Rock, Arizona.
Jim Chee: Sergeant in the Navajo Tribal Police who once worked for Leaphorn. He lives in Shiprock, New Mexico.
Bernadette Manuelito: Recently a federal Customs Patrol Officer, and previously an officer with the Navajo Tribal Police. She is engaged to Jim Chee. Introduced in The Fallen Man .
Pinto: Captain in the Navajo Tribal Police who calls Leaphorn in for aid on a current case that has similarity to an old case. Pinto's office is the one Leaphorn occupied for so long in his career at the Window Rock offices of the NTP.
Albert Cowboy Dashee: Hopi man, a long time friend of Jim Chee. Introduced in The Dark Wind .
John "Shorty" McGinnis: Owner of the Short Mountain Trading Post near Tuba City. Introduced in Listening Woman .
Reno: Man in his thirties, long ago, who received a diamond in a snuff tin at the bottom of the Grand Canyon from an Indian living there in trade for his knife and directions out, who later traded the diamond and his horse to McGinnis for a meal and a ride to a town with a phone in a heavy snowstorm. Back then, they assumed it was zircon.
Louisa Bourebonette: Professor of cultural anthropology with a special interest in origin stories of the tribes around Northern Arizona University. She is Leaphorn's close friend, who uses Leaphorn's spare room as the base for her dispersed interviews. Introduced in Coyote Waits .
Billy Tuve: Hopi cousin of Cowboy Dashee, member of the Bear Clan. He is charged with theft and murder of a jewelry store owner, because of his ill-timed action of bringing an expensive jewel in for pawn.
Bradford Chandler: Skiptracer of dubious morals hired by Plymale to locate the diamonds and John Clarke's remains, also called Jim Belshaw.
Dan Plymale: Attorney for the Clarke family and executor of the senior Clarke's will; now running the charity that received the family fortune when the son's heir was not recognized.
Fred Sherman: Retired policeman hired by Chandler to assist in the search for the missing diamonds.
Hal Simmons: Ms. Craig's attorney in her search for her father's remains and claim of her birthright.
Joanna Craig: Grown daughter of John Clarke.
Mary: Older Hopi woman who meets Manuelito at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, giving her water and useful information.
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