Jicarilla Apache

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:

• Rio Arriba County
• 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 capital is Dulce, which comprises over 95 percent of the reservation's population, near the extreme north end. Most tribal offices are located in Dulce.

Culture

The Jicarilla Band of Apache were the single band that refused to cooperate with the United States military in trying to locate Geronimo.^[1]

The tribe owns and operates radio station KCIE (90.5 FM) in Dulce, NM.

See also

• Jicarilla language
• Battle of Cieneguilla
• Mescalero
• KCIE (FM)
• List of Indian reservations in the United States

External links

• Jicarilla Apache Nation website
• Jicarilla Apache Culture (Jicarilla Apache Cultural Affairs Office)
• Jicarilla Apache Tribe (New Mexico's Blue Book On-Line)
• Jicarilla Apache: Tinde
• Myths of the Jicarilla Apache (University of Virginia Electronic Text Center)
• The Jicarilla Genesis (University of Virginia Electronic Text Center)
• An Apache Medicine Dance (University of Virginia Electronic Text Center)
• Jicarilla Texts (Internet Sacred Text Archive)
• Jicarilla Apache Nation (New Mexico Magazine)
• Jicarilla Apache Nation History (Apache Nugget Corporation)
• Early Jicarilla Apache Nation Photos (Apache Nugget Corporation)
• Jicarilla Apache Pottery/Walking Spirit Pottery (Sample of Micaceous Clay Pottery)
• Jicarilla Apache Oil and Gas Administration (Jicarilla Natural Resources)
• Jicarilla Apache Game and Fish (Jicarilla Hunting and Wildlife)

References

• 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).