New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon was home to Puebloan people who built monumental high-rises from sandstone and timber, established ...

A groundbreaking study led by Texas's Southern Methodist University (SMU) has confirmed what the people of Picuris Pueblo ...

A New Mexico pueblo is using DNA testing to prove its ties to Chaco Canyon in an effort to better protect the cultural site.

For the first time, a tribe in the U.S. has led research using DNA to show their ancestral connection to Chaco Canyon, one of the ancient centers of Pueblo culture and society. The members of Picuris ...

The Picuris Pueblo tribal nation initiated a genetic study that confirms their connection to Chaco Canyon -- a potential ...

Ancient DNA Confirms New Mexico Tribe's Link to Famed Chaco Canyon Site For the first time, a federally recognized Indigenous tribe in the U.S. has led research using DNA to show their ancestral ...

(This April 30 story has been corrected to fix the direction to east, not west, in paragraph 8) By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - DNA obtained from the remains of people who inhabited Pueblo ...

After two years of discussions, the collaboration settled on a plan of research, and the ancient DNA specialists were given access to both ancient skeletons at Picuris Pueblo, as well as samples from ...

DNA supports modern Picuris Pueblo accounts of ancestry going back more than 1,000 years to Chaco Canyon society.

The Picuris Pueblo, a sovereign nation in New Mexico, has oral histories and cultural traditions that link the tribe to the region of Chaco Canyon, one of the ancient centers of Pueblo culture and ...