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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...