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description: The Jicarilla Apache lived in what is now Northern New Mexico and Eastern Colorado. Their name means 'Little Baskets'. Along with the Navaho they were among the southernmost of the Athabaskans. They are grouped with the Plains Indians, due to their nomadic life and reliance on Buffalo hunting. However, a large portion of the Jicarilla occupied mountainous areas. The animated movie 'Spirit, Stallion of the Cimmarons', depicts the beautiful Jicarilla territory.  This Jicarilla Apache texts collected at the turn of the century translated into English from the Apache texts and contains myths and legends (including many trickster stories), stories of war and hunting, and a few ethnographic details. The stories were collected at the close of the frontier, and Mexicans and Americans (including Kit Carson) show up as actors in some of the historical texts. It is important to note that at this time Plains culture had been greatly impacted by cultural contact with Europeans.  However, these texts have all the hallmarks of genuine traditional texts. As with many texts of traditional peoples of all continents, the narrative style may be jarring to westerners used to a four act story structure and a strict distinction between comedy and tragedy. 
title: JICARILLA APACHE TEXTS (87 myths and legends, tales, ceremonies, stories of war and hunting, and ethnographic details of Plains Native American Indians) ... NATIVE AMERICAN MYTHS AND FOLKLORE