Jicarilla
Americannoun
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Jicarillas,
plural
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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
It’s important to recognize the relationship between Native and non-Native people at that time, said Daryl Vigil, water administrator for the Jicarilla Apache Nation in New Mexico.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2022
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
A member of the Jicarilla Apache Nation fire crew from Dulce, NM, holds the line.
From National Geographic ● Aug. 20, 2015
The Jicarilla and Mescalero used the Plains tipi, gathered wild vegetable food, hunted bison, had no agriculture or weaving, but dressed in skins, and had the glass-bead technique of the Plains.
From Man, Past and Present by Alfred Court Haddon
Under Faris' unobtrusive leadership, the Jicarillas began to regain their pride.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Jicarillas seem to have no system of clans or gentes.
From The North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis
In dress the Jicarillas resemble the Indians of the plains, even to the feather headdress, which is never worn by the tribes to their south and west.
From The North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis
Curtis The Jicarillas, like their kindred the Navaho and Apache, pay much attention to religion and ceremony.
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
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