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

“That’s not unique in North America, but it is unusual.” Picuris Pueblo is a historic community nestled in the Sangre de ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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The findings show close links between the genomes of 13 current members of Picuris and ancient DNA recovered from 16 Picuris ...

New Mexico Indigenous tribe leads DNA study linking ancestry to Chaco Canyon, bolstering voice in land protection efforts.

For the first time, a federally recognized New Mexico indigenous tribe has led a genetic study to trace its ancestral roots, strengthening oral histories through science and reinforcing its role in ...

A "groundbreaking" DNA analysis of a small Pueblo tribe in New Mexico supports what their oral tradition has ... the first ...

DNA obtained from the remains of people who inhabited Pueblo Bonito in New Mexico's Chaco Canyon a millennium ago is helping ...