In the heart of the Arizona desert lies Painted Rock—a site etched with centuries of Native American petroglyphs. These mysterious symbols tell stories of life, travel, and belief carved into stone.

Two archaeologists spent time in Pike County earlier this month studying Native American artifacts dating back thousands of ...

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

Nowhere is that more important than in Indigenous art, especially in the American Southwest, where ancient cultures have lived in communion with the earth for tens of thousands of years.

When River Kerstetter was asked about three years ago to help curate an exhibit at the Newberry Library about Native Americans and pop ... rather than contemporary art museums.

His team had previously worked with Native American groups to study ancient human remains, but this was the first time a tribe had sought out his help. “It wasn’t an easy decision,” Picuris ...