Members of New Mexico’s Picuris Pueblo Tribal Nation have long told stories about having descended from ancient North American ancestors. Genetic evidence now backs up what Picuris people ...

The elders of the Picuris Pueblo nation, a 300-person tribe in Northern New Mexico, have passed down their history for centuries. They trace ancestral connections to the famed complex of sandstone ...

The members of Picuris Pueblo, a sovereign nation in New Mexico, have oral histories and cultural traditions that link them to the region of Chaco Canyon. “We’ve been telling our stories as ...

Until now, that is. People from one of these communities, Picuris Pueblo, worked with specialistsancient DNA to show that they are the closest relatives of the Chaco people yet discovered ...

For the first time, a federally recognized Indigenous tribe has led a genetic study confirming their ancestral connection to Chaco Canyon. The Picuris Pueblo, a sovereign nation in New Mexico, has ...

TAOS COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – 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 Chaco ...