article_snippet: Thursday, according to a statement from Navajo Nation.
article_snippet: A manhunt ensued involving officers from Navajo Nation Window Rock and Crownpoint districts.
article_snippet: We send We condolences to the family of the Navajo Police officer who gave his life in the line of duty," Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly said.
article_snippet: ... the family of the Navajo Police officer who gave his life in the line of duty will be in We prayers.
article_snippet: Navajo Nation straddles northeast Arizona, northwest New Mexico and southeast Utah, compassing some 27,000 square miles -- an area larger than West Virginia.
article_snippet: Along with a distinctive, centuries-old culture, the autonomous jurisdiction boasts what the autonomous jurisdiction website calls "the largest and most sophisticated form of the Native American tribal government.
article_snippet: CNN's Christine Sever contributed to this report.