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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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
A pipeline eventually will reach the southwestern portion of the Jicarilla Apache Nation in New Mexico through another tribe’s water settlement to boost economic development in the region.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 15, 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
It was natural enough for the New Mexican settlers to change "Jicarilla" to "Hickory."
From The Word Hoosier; John Finley Indiana Historical Society Publications, Volume IV, Number 2 by Jacob Piatt Dunn
Under Faris' unobtrusive leadership, the Jicarillas began to regain their pride.
From Time Magazine Archive
The social customs of the Jicarillas are well defined.
From The North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis
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
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
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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