Ancient DNA confirms New Mexico tribe's link to famed Chaco Canyon site People cast shadows on the ancient Anasazi ruins of Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico on Nov. 21, 1996.

NEW MEXICO DNA confirms tribe’s link to Chaco Canyon. For the first time, a federally recognized Indigenous tribe in the U.S. has led research using DNA to show their ancestral history.

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.

In a new letter to U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, New Mexico’s congressional delegation chastised federal efforts to revoke a 10-mile buffer zone for oil and gas development around Chaco ...

But the small tribe didn’t have a “seat at the table” or much influence when it came to the future of Chaco Canyon and debates about drilling in the area, said Picuris Lt. Gov. Craig Quanchello.

The findings, published Thursday in the journal Nature, show close links between the genomes of 13 current members of Picuris and ancient DNA recovered from 16 Picuris individuals who lived ...

FILE - Pueblo Bonito, the largest archeological site at Chaco Culture National Historical Park, is seen in northwestern New Mexico, on Aug. 28, 2021. Cedar Attanasio - AP Facebook ...

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 ...

FILE - Pueblo Bonito, the largest archeological site at Chaco Culture National Historical Park, is seen in northwestern New Mexico, on Aug. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio, File) CJA ...

Ancient DNA confirms New Mexico tribe’s link to famed Chaco Canyon site . April 30, 2025 at 11:00 am . By . CHRISTINA LARSON. The Associated Press.