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1. Prop master Jeffrey Bellamy, who works with prop technicians and the
production designer to make sure all appropriate props are in place for
a scene, created the Navajo Tribal Police cars using decals.
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2. The mud-and-log hogan is the traditional, eight-sided Navajo
dwelling. Today, federally subsidized housing and mobile homes, like Jim
Chee's, are proliferating as the Navajo population grows.
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3. When Tony Hillerman needed a way to awaken Jim Chee to a mysterious
killer lurking outside, he invented a cat that would dart into the
trailer and awakens Chee just in time.
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4. The Navajo traditionally don't live in towns but scattered camps.
Thus, it's not unusual for Jim Chee to live alone out in the
countryside.
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5. "Splits" are days of shooting that begin in the afternoon and
continue through the night. Here Studi and Beach shoot a night scene
outside Chee's trailer after the shooting.
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Jim Chee's Trailer
