After a horribly mutilated Navajo Indian is found on Hopi land, Navajo policeman Jim Chee (Lou Diamond Phillips) is plunged into a mystery filled with drug dealers, FBI agents, witchcraft, politics and revenge -- but there's more to his troubles. He must tightrope between two worlds: Anglo and Indian. Fred Ward co-stars in and Errol Morris directs this film, which is based on characters from the series of novels by Tony Hillerman.