In 2023, when the Department of the Interior finalized Public Land Order 7923, withdrawing federal lands surrounding Chaco Canyon from future federal mineral leasing for 20 years, many of us ...

The withdrawal from oil and gas development was put in place by then-Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland in 2023.

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

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 ...

They trace ancestral connections to the famed complex of sandstone dwellings and roads at Chaco Canyon, a World Heritage site about 125 miles to the west. But the small tribe didn’t have a ...

A thousand years ago, the people living in Chaco Canyon were building massive structures of intricate masonry and trading with locations as far away as Mexico. Within a century, however ...

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

Clean up your own mess. That’s the message the New Mexico Court of Appeals sent in a recent ruling in a 2021 case involving ...

“Room 33 – Chaco Canyon’s Room With A View Into the Past,” by filmmaker Larry Ruiz, will premiere at the Fort Lewis College Lyceum as part of a San Juan Basin Archaeological Society ...

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 ...

Ancient DNA Confirms New Mexico Tribe's Link to Famed Chaco Canyon Site For the first time, a federally recognized Indigenous tribe in the U.S. has led research using DNA to show their ancestral ...