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

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 ...

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 ...