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 ...

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

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 ...

DNA obtained from the remains of people who inhabited Pueblo Bonito in New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon a millennium ago is helping to link present-day members of a Pueblo tribe to this historic site known ...

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 ...

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