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 study, researchers sequenced the DNA of 13 present-day members of the tribe. They compared that genetic material to ...

Chaco Canyon’s Room With A View Into the Past,” by filmmaker Larry Ruiz, will premiere at the Fort Lewis College Lyceum as ...

For the first time, a federally recognized Indigenous tribe in the U.S. has led research using DNA to show their ancestral ...

Tribal leaders wondered whether genetic analysis could help reveal their ties to Chaco Canyon. Members of the tribe began meeting with experts in ancient DNA from the University of Copenhagen via ...

They also share strong genetic connections to the people of Chaco Canyon, where DNA has also been obtained from remains. "No other sampled population, ancient or present-day, is more closely ...

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 For the first time ...

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 ...