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Clifford Tsosie stands in front of the Round House. It is one of Picuris’ ritual rooms, used by members of the summer and winter society for rituals and meetings.

Genetic study links pueblo tribe to an ancestral homeland in Chaco Canyon

May 4, 2025

For centuries, members of the Picuris Pueblo indigenous tribe of central New Mexico, USA maintained that their people originated from the Chaco Canyon region 275 kilometers further to the west, in present-day Navajo country. Now, […]