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 ...

For the first time, a federally recognized Indigenous tribe has led a genetic study confirming their ancestral connection to ...

A New Mexico pueblo is going against the norm and using genetic testing, looking to answer questions about their history. The results show they have ties to ...

A groundbreaking study led by Texas's Southern Methodist University (SMU) has confirmed what the people of Picuris Pueblo have long known: they are direct descendants of the ancient Chacoan ...

The elders of the Picuris Pueblo nation, a 300-person tribe in Northern ... team of scientists to probe whether analysis of ancient DNA could strengthen their case and more firmly connect them ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - 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 ...

The Picuris Pueblo, a sovereign nation in New Mexico, has oral histories and cultural traditions that link the tribe to the ...

After two years of discussions, the collaboration settled on a plan of research, and the ancient DNA specialists were given access to both ancient skeletons at Picuris Pueblo, as well as samples from ...

being basically in a position where we could lose it,” said Picuris Pueblo Lt. Governor Craig Quanchello. That’s when leaders decided they could use genetic testing to trace their DNA back to ...

DNA supports modern Picuris Pueblo accounts of ancestry going back more than 1,000 years to Chaco Canyon society.