Researchers at the University of Arizona have found a new source for the beams used to build the ancient pueblos of Chaco Canyon, using tree-ring samples that date to the founding of the science ...

For the first time, a federally recognized Indigenous tribe in the U.S. has led research using DNA to show their ancestral history. The Picuris Pueblo, a sovereign nation in New Mexico, has oral ...

For the first time, a federally recognized Indigenous tribe has led a genetic study confirming their ancestral connection to Chaco Canyon. The Picuris Pueblo, a sovereign nation in New Mexico ...

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 ...

Chaco Canyon was designated as a national monument in 1907 and remains significant to several tribes today. But the area is also home to vast mineral resources, including oil, and other deposits ...

The results show they have ties to Chaco Canyon going back hundreds of years. “It’s what we always talked about, what was passed on through generations – through our fore-fathers and our ...

The Ancestral Puebloans, along with other tribal groups, occupied this land and inhabited sites such as Mesa Verde, Chaco Canyon and Canyon de Chelly. Today, the region is home to the descendants of ...