Governor Yazza Jr. of the Picuris Pueblo says they always knew they had ties to Chaco Canyon, but didn’t have the hard evidence to prove it.

Nestled in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of northern New Mexico, the small community of Picuris Pueblo has for generations believed it descends from the builders of the famous Chaco Canyon—an ...

A member of New Mexico’s Picuris Pueblo Tribal Nation stands in front of a Round House used for rituals and meetings. A DNA study initiated and directed by Picuris officials now supports their ...

Nestled in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of northern New Mexico, the small community of Picuris Pueblo has for generations believed it descends from the builders of the famous Chaco Canyon—an ...

New genetic research confirms what the oral traditions of the Picuris Pueblo people of New Mexico have long described — that they're related to the Indigenous people of Chaco Canyon.

There are several things that this does not mean. There is no way to tell from this data whether former residents of Chaco contributed to the population that was present at Picuris 700 years ago.

Members of the Picuris Pueblo tribe in New Mexico have always known they were descendants of the historical inhabitants of Chaco Canyon. Now, they have the data to prove it.

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For the first time, a federally recognized Indigenous tribe in the U.S. has led research using DNA to show their ancestral history. The Picuris Pueblo, a sovereign nation in New Mexico, has oral ...

Governor Yazza Jr. of the Picuris Pueblo says they always knew they had ties to Chaco Canyon, but didn’t have the hard evidence to prove it.