NEW MEXICO DNA confirms tribe’s link to Chaco Canyon. For the first time, a federally recognized Indigenous tribe in the U.S. has led research using DNA to show their ancestral history.

New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon was home to Puebloan people who built monumental high-rises from sandstone and timber, established long-distance trade routes that brought in cacao and turquoise and ...

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NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – A New Mexico pueblo is using DNA testing to prove its ties to Chaco Canyon in an effort to better protect the cultural site. The oral histories and traditions of the Picuris ...

Members of the Picuris Pueblo tribe in New Mexico have always known they were descendants of the historical inhabitants of Chaco Canyon. Now, they have the data to prove it.

Ancient DNA confirms New Mexico tribe's link to famed Chaco Canyon site By CHRISTINA LARSON, AP Science Writer . Wednesday, Apr 30, 2025 3:07 PM Updated Friday, May. 2, 2025 8:15 PM.

FILE - Pueblo Bonito, the largest archeological site at Chaco Culture National Historical Park, is seen in northwestern New Mexico, on Aug. 28, 2021.

These have remained occupied to the present day in New Mexico; although their populations shrank dramatically after European contact, their relationship to the Chaco culture has remained ambiguous ...

Nature - Study reveals genetic continuity between Ancestral Puebloans from Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, and present-day Picuris people.

Ancient DNA confirms New Mexico tribe's link to famed Chaco Canyon site People cast shadows on the ancient Anasazi ruins of Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico on Nov. 21, 1996.

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 ...