Jicarilla Apache Nation

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The Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico is a federally-recognized tribal entity and is primarily associated with the Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation in Arizona.

Tribal Headquarters
Jicarilla Apache Nation P.O. Box 507 Dulce, NM 87528-0507 Phone: 1.575.759.3242 Fax: 1.575.759.3005


 * Jicarilla Apache Nation Official Website

Brief Timeline
1801: The Llaneros band joins the Jicarilla

1841: Mexican land grand deprives the Jicarilla of their land

1854: Conflicts with the U.S. military

1883:  Land taken by U.S.

1887: Jicarilla Reservation is established

1907: Jicarilla Reservation enlarged

1900s: Tuberculosis epidemic killed one-fourth of the Jicarilla

Additional References to the History of the Tribe
Frederick Webb Hodge, in his Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, gave a more complete history of the Jicarilla Apache tribe, with estimations of the population of the tribe at various time periods.

Reservations
This tribe is primarily associated with the Jicarilla Apache Reservation in New Mexico, and the New Mexico Superintnedency

See also: Apache Indians

Records
See also Jicarilla Indian Agency for records

Census 1900-1939 FHL films 576885-576887

Vital Records - Census supplement 1924-1929 FHL film 576887

Important Web Sites

 * Constitution and By-Laws of the Jicarilla Apache Tribe of the Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation New Mexico
 * Jicarilla Apache Nation Official Website
 * Jicarilla Apache Tribe Wikipedia