Jicarilla
- proper noun
- /ˌhɪkəˈrɪlə/
- You and your compadres can water your herds along the Jicarilla.
- Jicarilla Apache
Examples
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The Jicarilla Apache boast a wildlife management program that has become a model for the state of New Mexico, using aerial surveys and radio telemetry to keep track of game.
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The Jicarilla Apache Nation has approved new agreements to advance community development.
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I was living with the Jicarilla at the time.
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The Jicarilla Apaches and Utes eventually became friendly and soon began intermarrying.
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Jicarilla, Navajos, Coeur D'Alene.
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In the Southwest, so-called Western Apache, including the Chiricahua, are linguistically related to Eastern Apache, such as the Jicarilla and the Lipan, yet the kinship systems are different.
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Home to the Chaco culture, the Jicarilla Apache, 19 Pueblo tribes, and a large chunk of the Navajo reservation, this part of the state has seen plenty of anthropologists and archaeologists over the years.
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I am a member of the Jicarilla Apache Tribe.
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Many Jicarilla Apache families gather every summer for their traditional powwow.
Synonyms
A Native American people from the southwestern United States and Mexico who fought to keep their land in the 1800s
Surface Forms
Etymology
Jicarilla is the name of a Native American people, and it comes from the Spanish word jicarilla, which means 'small gourd' or 'little cup' because Spanish speakers saw them using gourd bowls.