More than $1.6 million will be used to digitize the oral histories of Native Americans collected during ... and for their knowledge on Native traditions,” the foundation said.

The members of Picuris Pueblo, a sovereign nation in New Mexico, have oral histories and cultural traditions that link them to the region of Chaco Canyon. “We’ve been telling our stories as ...

Willerslev was likewise excited to find out that genetic studies bear out what Native American oral traditions have said all along, that they were related to the first peoples here. “This is ...