
Jicarilla matron photographed by Edward S. Curtis, 1907
'Jicarilla Apache' refers to an
Apache people currently living in New Mexico and speak a
Southern Athabaskan language. The term ''jicarilla'' comes from
Mexican Spanish meaning 'little basket'.
Geography

Present location Apachean peoples including Jicarilla
The 'Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation' is located within two northern
New Mexico counties:
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Rio Arriba County
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Sandoval County
The reservation has a land area of 3,532.864 km² (1,364.046 sq mi) and had a population of 2,755 as of the
2000 census. Its only significant community is
Dulce, which comprises over 95 percent of the reservation's population, near the extreme north end.
Culture
See also
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Jicarilla language
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Apache
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Mescalero
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List of Indian reservations in the United States
External links
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Jicarilla Apache Nation website
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Jicarilla Apache Culture (Jicarilla Apache Cultural Affairs Office)
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Jicarilla Apache Tribe (New Mexico's Blue Book On-Line)
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Jicarilla Apache: Tinde
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Myths of the Jicarilla Apache (University of Virginia Electronic Text Center)
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The Jicarilla Genesis (University of Virginia Electronic Text Center)
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An Apache Medicine Dance (University of Virginia Electronic Text Center)
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Jicarilla Texts (Internet Sacred Text Archive)
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Jicarilla Apache Nation (New Mexico Magazine)
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Jicarilla Apache Nation History (Apache Nugget Corporation)
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Early Jicarilla Apache Nation Photos (Apache Nugget Corporation)
References
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Jicarilla Reservation, New Mexico United States Census Bureau
Bibliography
★ Goddard, Pliny E. (1911). ''Jicarilla Apache texts''. Anthropological papers of the American Museum of Natural History (Vol. 8). New York: The American Museum of Natural History.
★ Opler, Morris. (1941). A Jicarilla expedition and scalp dance. (Narrated by Alasco Tisnado).
★ Opler, Morris. (1942). ''Myths and tales of the Jicarilla Apache Indians''.
★ Opler, Morris. (1947). Mythology and folk belief in the maintenance of Jicarilla Apache tribal endogamy.
★ Phone, Wilma; & Torivio, Patricia. (1981). ''Jicarilla mizaa medaóołkai dáłáéé''. Albuquerque: Native American Materials Development Center.
★ Phone, Wilhelmina; Olson, Maureen; & Martinez, Matilda. (2007). ''Dictionary of Jicarilla Apache: Abáachi Mizaa Iłkee' Siijai''. Axelrod, Melissa; Gómez de García, Jule; Lachler, Jordan; &
Burke, Sean M. (Eds.). UNM Press. ISBN 0826340784
★ Tuttle, Siri G.; & Sandoval, Merton. (2002). Jicarilla Apache. ''Journal of the International Phonetic Association'', ''32'', 105-112.
★ Wilson, Alan, & Vigil Martine, Rita. (1996). ''Apache (Jicarilla)''. Guilford, CT: Audio-Forum. ISBN 0-88432-903-8. (Includes book and cassette recording).