Jicarilla
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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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Ryan invited Reyos, who was raised on the Jicarilla Apache Nation reservation in New Mexico, to his home for dinner and drinks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2023
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
Haaland, who joined other officials at a remote site in San Miguel County, acknowledged that the area makes up part of the ancestral homelands of the Jicarilla Apache and northern pueblos of New Mexico.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 17, 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
The tribes residing and roaming within the limits of New Mexico are the Navajoes; the Mescalero, Gila, and Jicarilla bands of Apaches; the Muache, Capote, and Weeminuche bands of Utes; and the Pueblos.
From The Indian Question (1874) by Francis Amasa Walker
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
By late breakfast to-morrow I shall make my report to you,—Desperate affair with Jicarillas, or Yutas—several warriors killed—female captive rescued—valiant conduct of troops—recommend Corporal—for promotion, etcetera.
From The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico by L. Evans
The Jicarillas, or, as they are commonly called, "Jicarilla Apaches," occupy a reservation of nearly four hundred and fifty square miles of mountainous country in northern New Mexico.
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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