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National Parks Service Hires New Manager For Native American Graves Protection And Repatriation Act

The National Park Service has hired a new manager for the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, or NAGPRA.

The law, which Congress approved in 1990, requires museums and other institutions that get federal money to go through their collections and repatriate human remains and other cultural items to the tribes to whom they belong.

Melanie O’Brien has been working on the NAGPRA program for a few years and is its new manager.

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Mark Brodie is a co-host of The Show, KJZZ’s locally produced news magazine. Since starting at KJZZ in 2002, Brodie has been a host, reporter and producer, including several years covering the Arizona Legislature, based at the Capitol.