Jicarilla Apache Nation

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Jicarilla Apache Nation

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Guide to Jicarilla Apache Nation ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

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: 575-759-3242
Website

History

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

Agencies

Jicarilla Indian Agency

Records

The majority of records of individuals were those created by the agencies. Some records may be available to tribal members through the tribal headquarters.They were (and are) the local office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and were charged with maintaining records of the activities of those under their responsibility. Among these records are:

• Allotment records
• Annuity rolls
• Census records
• Correspondence
• Health records
• Reports
• School census and records
• Vital records

See Jicarilla Indian Agency for records

Records Available through the FamilySearch Library

• Census 1900-1939 FS Library films 576885-576887
  
• Vital Records - Census supplement 1924-1929 FS Library film 576887
  

Important Websites

• 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