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JICARILLA , a tribe of See also:North See also:American See also:Indians of See also:Athapascan stock . Their former range was in New See also:Mexico, about the See also:head-See also:waters of the Rio Grande and the Pecos, and they are now settled in a See also:reservation on the See also:northern border of New Mexico . Origin-ally a See also:scourge of the See also:district, they are now subdued, but remain uncivilized . They number some Boo and are steadily decreasing . The name is said to be from the See also:Spanish jicara, a See also:basket See also:tray, in reference to their excellent basket-See also:work . |
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