Jimmy and the Shaman are members of the Ojibway tribe (also known as the Ojibwe and Chippewa) is he third largest in the United States after the Cherokee and the Navajo.) It is widely dispersed between Michigan, Minnesota and Montana. American Ojibways number 100,00 while those living in Canada number about 76,000. The tribe's language, Anishinaabe, is closely related to Algonquin. The tribe is noted for popularizing wild rice and being the only Native American tribe to defeat the Sioux in battle.
The Pinkerton Detective Agency was notable for hiring women and racial minorities from its inception.
This episode takes place in 1896.
Nathaniel Arcane, who portrays Jimmy, played Comanche Tom in the film American Outlaws. In the film, Comanche Tom is aligned with Jesse James who is going against the railroad and the Pinkertons - the same Pinkertons that Jimmy is sent to to inquire about employment.