Talking God | Teaching Key Figures

Character Descriptions

This section provides a short description of all the major characters in the book. This can be printed out as a study guide for students, used as a "key" for leading a class discussion, or you can jump to the quiz/homework section to find worksheets that incorporate these descriptions into a variety of question formats.

Characters

LIeutenant Joe Leaphorn - This character is middle-aged and his beloved wife has recently died

Officer Jim Chee - This character is a young Navajo Tribal Police Officer who is also training to become a shaman, or medicine man.

Henry Highhawk - A conservator at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, this character is a white man who wants to be Navajo.

Leroy Fleck - A small-time criminal pretending to be an undercover cop, this character is the primary villain and a study in contrasts.

Catherine Morris Perry - This character is the...
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