THE SHAPE SHIFTER
Characters - Alphabetical
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| FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | DESCRIPTION |
| Nelson | Bedonie | An ex-sergeant in the Tuba City Tribal Police Office. |
| Benny | Begay | A stockboy and gasoline pumper at Handy's place. |
| Melvin | Bork | A former Arizona Police officer. Aka: Mel. |
| Louisa | Bourbonette | A professor. |
| Carter | Bradley | Rostic's old friend. |
| Octavius | Burlander | Leaphorn's acquaintance. |
| Eugene | Bydonie | Leaphorn's old friend. |
| Julius | Caesar | Roman General and statesman. |
| George | Carlton | A major general. |
| Kit | Carson | An American trapper. |
| Jim | Chee | One of the Navajo detectives. |
| Hosteen A. | Claw | One of Chee's shaman kinsmen. |
| Christopher | Columbus | An Italian explorer and navigator. |
| Tomas | Delonie | A member of the original robber gang. |
| Jason | Delos | A wealthy man in Flagstaff . |
| Captain | Desbah | Leaphorn's colleague. |
| President | Diem | Former President of the Republic of Vietnam. |
| Kelly | Garcia | A police sergeant. |
| Mr. | Handy | Owner of Handy's grocery. |
| Mrs. | Handy | Mr. Handy's wife. |
| Adolf | Hitler | A German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany. |
| Mrs. | Jackson | Worked at travel agency. |
| George | Jessup | Burlander's acquaintance. |
| Mary Ann | Kayete | Ted Rostic's wife. |
| John | Kennedy | The 35th president of the United States, |
| Ellen | Klah | An employee of Navajo museum. |
| Captain | Largo | Bernie's head. |
| Joe | Leaphorn | A retired lieutenant from the Navajo Tribal Police. |
| Abraham | Lincoln | The 16th president of the United States. |
| Bernadette | Manuelito | Jim's wife. Aka: Bernie. |
| Mr. | Martinez | A restaurant owner. |
| Ellie | McFree | A clerk and cashier at Handy's grocery. |
| Sandra | Nezbah | Delonie's acquaintance. |
| Old Lady | Notah | Mary Ann Kayete's mother. |
| John | O'Mally | One of FBI's special agents. |
| George | Perkins | An American diplomat and philologist. |
| Grandma | Peshlakai | A victim of theft of collected pinyon sap. |
| Captain | Pinto | Leaphorn's colleague. |
| John | Raskin | A South Carolina's militiaman. |
| Arlen | Roper | A foreman at J.D. Ranch. |
| Ted | Rostic | One of FBI's special agents. |
| Austin | Sam | A candidate for the Tribal council. |
| Roger | Saunders | A pathologist. |
| Jason | Sharkey | One of BFI's special agents. |
| William T. | Sherman | An American soldier. |
| Ray | Shewnack | A fugitive on the FBI's most Wanted List. |
| Captain | Skeet | Leaphorn's colleague. |
| Gerald | Tarkington | A gallery owner. |
| Zachary | Taylor | The 12th president of the United States. |
| Erwin James | Totter | Owner of Totter's Trading Post. |
| John Harris | Trestrail | A doctor. |
| Tommy | Vang | Jason Delos' cook and helpmate. |
| Carrie | Tarkington's helper. | |
| Elandra | Peshlakai's granddaughter. | |
| Elrod | A man who saw a dead mans body in the track. | |
| Emma | Leaphorn's late wife. | |
| Grace | Bork's wife. |
