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Jicarilla Apache Nation
The Jicarilla Apache Nation is located in the scenic mountains and rugged
mesas of northern New Mexico near the Colorado border. There are approximately
2,755 tribal members, most of whom live in the town of
Dulce. Nomadic in nature until just before European contact, the Jicarilla
tribe established trade with Taos and Picurís pueblos. They wandered
and traded as far east as Kansas until they settled deep in the northern
Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the mid-1720s.
The Jicarilla Apache Nation is world-renowned for hunting, fishing, camping, boating and hiking opportunities. The tribe maintains Horse Lake Mesa Game Park, the largest single elk enclosure in the country at 14,500 acres. Black bear and mountain lion roam freely throughout the nation.
The nation offers 
fishing at seven beautiful mountain lakes, from 30
to 400 acres in size, and harbors thousands of ducks and a variety of water birds found in the Southwest. For more information, contact
the Jicarilla Apache Department of Game and Fish at P.O. Box 313, Dulce,
N.M. 87528, (575) 759-3255.
Stop by the Jicarilla Arts and Crafts Shop Museum in Dulce for beautiful Jicarilla beadwork, baskets, paintings and ribbon shirts. Flung across and under several enfolding limestone-streaked mesas, Dulce, the tribal capital, is pretty quiet except during the mid-September Go-Jii-Ya Feast Day, the Stone Lake Fiesta and July's Little Beaver Roundup.
There are plenty of overnight accommodations in Dulce and a community center offers bowling, a gym, swimming pool and exercise room. No camera permits are required; there's no admission fee to the reservation. Dulce is located 35 miles west of Chama on U.S. 64.
No camera permits are required; there's no admission fee to the reservation.
For more information about hunting and fishing, call the Jicarilla Apache Department of Game & Fish, (575) 759-3255.
DIRECTIONS:
The reservation can be reached via US 64 from Chama or Farmington and via US 550 and NM 537 from Albuquerque.
Jicarilla Apache Nation
P.O. Box 507
Dulce, NM 87528
Phone: (575) 759-3242
www.jicarillaonline.com
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