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Native American says he was tased by officer after leaving national park trail to pray

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The National Park Service is investigating after an officer used a stun gun on a Native American man accused of venturing off a trail into closed territory on a sacred archeological site in New Mexico.

Body camera footage released by park police of the incident, which occurred Sunday at the Petroglyph National Monument, shows the officer stopping a man and woman walking a dog and notifying them that they had ventured off the trail, asking them to stick to the fenced area to protect the vegetation in the surrounding areas.

The officer can be heard telling the duo, identified by NBC News as Darrell House and his sister, that he was simply "warning" them and the incident was "not a big deal."  House refused to comply with officers, instead.

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