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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, […]

Fossil human footprints were found at an undisclosed location at White Sands National Park in New Mexico.

Ancient footsteps reveal 23,000 years of human history at White Sands National Park

January 31, 2024

For years, archaeologists said we can trace the beginnings of human settlement in the Americas to at least 12,000 years ago. That’s about when wanderers from Asia first crossed the Bering Land Bridge into North […]