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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Slated to be completed in three years, it will divert about 37,000 acre feet from the San Juan to provide drinking water to parts of the Navajo and Jicarilla nations as well as Gallup.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 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
This small collection, though not obtained directly from the Jicarilla Apaches, is attributed to them, for the reason that wherever found among other tribes it is by them accredited to the Apaches.
Under Faris' unobtrusive leadership, the Jicarillas began to regain their pride.
From Time Magazine Archive
See Turkey Temperature of White Mountain reservation, 13 Texas, Apache raids into, 9, 14 Tipis of the Jicarillas, 134 Tizwin.
From The North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis
The present Apache population is approximately six thousand, including the Jicarillas and Mescaleros of New Mexico.
From The North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis
The typical habitation of the Jicarillas is a tipi, or lodge, called kozhán, patterned after that of the Plains tribes.
From The North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis
To all intents and purposes, therefore, the Jicarillas were a plains tribe.
From The North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis
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