Situated in the valley of a small tributary of the Rio Grande, this adobe settlement – consisting of dwellings and ceremonial buildings – represents the culture of the Pueblo Indians of Arizona and ...

and modern Pueblo tribes in the Southwest consider themselves descendants of these ancestral people. Some 40 pueblos and cliff dwellings are visible from park roads and overlooks; some of these ...

Today, descendants of these Pueblo people, such as the Taos and Zuni tribes, maintain traditional lifestyles while also adapting to modern influences, particularly in art and jewelry making.

When I stepped onto the trail at Bandelier National Monument, I couldn’t help but envision the Ancestral Pueblo people ...

At Bears Ears National Monument, a crew of young men from the Pueblo of Zuni is caring for the cliff dwellings their ancestors built 800 years ago. “Uh-oh, I shouldn’t have looked down,” said Darian ...