The Ancestral Puebloans, along with other tribal groups, occupied this land and inhabited sites such as Mesa Verde, Chaco Canyon and Canyon de Chelly. Today, the region is home to the descendants of ...

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

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

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

Builders finished the West Ruin between 1100-1130. This huge U-shaped building is originally stood three stories tall with ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

“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 ...