Jicarilla
Americannoun
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Jicarillas,
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Jicarilla
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a member of a group of North American Indians who once inhabited primarily northern New Mexico and southeastern Colorado and are now situated in northwestern New Mexico.
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the Athabascan language of the Jicarilla.
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Daryl Vigil, the Jicarilla Apache Nation’s water administrator, highlighted the need for creative solutions as pressure grows across the drought-stricken basin.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 20, 2022
Daryl Vigil, water administrator for the Jicarilla Apache Nation in New Mexico, noted that the 1922 Colorado River Compact, which established the system of allocating water from the river, didn’t apply to tribes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2021
Mr. Paulsen had lived on a 200-acre ranch in White Oaks, a former ghost town near the Jicarilla Mountains, and treasured his solitude, saying he could only think clearly when he was far from society.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2021
The solar-battery projects would be built outside San Juan County, with one located on Jicarilla Apache tribal land to the east and the other in McKinley County to the south.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 29, 2020
Dwellings—The Jicarilla dwelling is the same as the tipi of the Plains Indians, once made of five buffalo skins on the usual framework of poles, with smoke-hole at the apex.
From The North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis
Under Faris' unobtrusive leadership, the Jicarillas began to regain their pride.
From Time Magazine Archive
Arts and Industries—The Jicarillas make a great many baskets of fair quality, from which industry the tribe gained its popular Spanish name.
From The North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis
Curtis Owing to their composite nature the Jicarillas are a peculiarly interesting group.
From The North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis
The Pueblos of the Rio Grande use many baskets, which they obtain chiefly from the Jicarillas in exchange for corn.
From The North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis
Like the Apache the Jicarillas attach much importance to the girls' puberty ceremony and still rigidly adhere to it.
From The North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis
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