Dark Winds
Warning ! This article hold in raider for Dark Winds time of year 3 , installment 1.Jim Chee ( Kiowa Gordon ) revealed a gripping part of his backstory inDark Windsseason 3 , and it connects to one of the most famous Olympians in U.S. history : Billy Mills . Dark Windsseason 3 , episode 1has already set up a very personal taradiddle for Jim Chee . His and Joe Leaphorn ’s ( Zahn McClarnon ) probe into the disappearance of Ernesto Cata has already had Chee confront some of his past traumas , and thecast ofDark Windsseason 3will likely introduce even more people Chee would rather not encounter again .
Luckily , in the middle of all that dark surrounding Chee ’s past , Dark Windsseason 3also found a fashion to let in a second of brightness . Chee and Leaphorn have always had a good relationship - with some notable rough fleck - and they can ordinarily confide in one another . One of those moments unveil that Chee had a run - in with Olympian gold medal winner Billy Mills , and that he was once a cross - country prodigy when he was in in high spirits shoal . It ’s a great addition to Chee ’s character , and a much comprehended part ofDark Windsseason 3 .
Jim Chee Reveals That He Beat Billy Mills In A Race As A Kid During Dark Winds Season 3 Episode 1
Chee Said That He Used To Run Cross Country In School & Beat Mills During A Track Meet
While they were run to speak with George Bowlegs at his school , Jim Chee took Joe Leaphorn on a trip down computer storage lane . Chee explained that he used to run crisscross - country in school , and that in one race , he tucker out future Olympic gold medal winner Billy Mills . Leaphorn and Chee even had a few funny moments out of the revealing , like Chee sound out that " he was n’t an Olympian back then , " and Leaphorn referencing it after George Bowlegs outran them both . That trivial factoid did n’t have much impact onDark Winds , but it ’s a delicious addition to Chee ’s backstory in the show .
Dark Winds has officially been renewed for a 4th time of year by AMC ahead of the detective show ’s approaching time of year 3 premiere on March 9 .
Most of Chee ’s backstory inDark Windshas been quite dark , so the bit of visible light that his triumph over Billy Mills brought was much appreciated . For good example , Chee ’s kinfolk home was ruin after his mother was stigmatize a witch , and even inDark Windsseason 3 , he talk about how his female parent was abused and how he was bullied while he lived on the Navajo Nation . make Chee a triumph in his youth helps clear up his story and give him some glad memories he can be proud of from the reservation .
Billy Mills Really Won A Gold Medal At The 1964 Olympics
Mills Is A Lakota Man & The First & Only Non-European To Win Gold For The 10,000 Meter Race
Part of the rationality Chee ’s triumph over Billy Mills is such a playfulness detail is because of how much of a legend Mills is . Billy Mills rise up on the Oglala Lakota reservation in South Dakota , though he attended high school at what is now bonk as the Haskell Indian Nations University in Kansas , which is how he competed against Chee . Even as a gamey schooler , Mills was a raceway and grumpy - country portent , which only made Chee ’s fictional triumph over him inDark Windsseason 3 even more telling . After college , Mills conjoin the United States Marine Corps ( viaUnited States Olympic & Paralympic Museum ) .
Billy Mills also localize an Olympic record for the 10,000 meter race in 1964 , and he outwit his own personal adept time by 50 seconds .
Billy Mills ' genuine claim to fame hail in 1964 , when he compete in the Tokyo Olympics for the United States . Mills was see a true underdog and a stark unknown in the 1964 Olympics , which made it all the more telling that he won gold in the 10,000 beat backwash . To this day , Mills is the only non - European competitor to ever acquire Olympian gold in the 10,000 meter race . He ’s a legend of both U.S. sport history and the Oglala Lakota tribe . Even if Jim Chee had n’t quiver him inDark Winds , Billy Mills would have been a dandy reference for the show .
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