Jicarilla
noun
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.
Jicarillas
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pluralof Jicarilla.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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 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
See Haschógan Houses, medicine, of the Jicarillas, 57 of the Apache, 13-14, 44, 45 of the dead burned by Jicarillas, 55 owned by Navaho women, 76 See Dwellings; Hogán; Tipis Hozhónĭ Hatál.
From The North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis
