Translate ▼ Choose School ▼ 8 Local History & Events History Annual Events Home About Us Local History & Events History Jicarilla Apache History The Dulce Independent School District is located on the Jicarilla Apache Native reservation, in northern New Mexico. Dulce is located in Northern New Mexico, near the Colorado border. Headquartered in Dulce, on U.S. Highway 64, it is just 26 miles west of Chama and 78 miles east of Farmington. The elevation on the Jicarilla Apache reservation ranges from 6,000 to 9,000 feet wuth the landscape varying from rugged pine covered mesas and pinion juniper woodlands to low age-brush flats, several lakes and the Navajo River. The traditional homeland of the Jicarilla apache covers northeastern New Mexico, South-eastern Colorado and the plains of western Texas and Oklahoma. The geography is comprised of two fundamental Environemtns which help shape the two bands, the Llaneros(red) or plains people and the Oileros(white) or mountain valley people. The name Jicarilla comes from a Spanish word meaning "little basket maker". The traditional lifestyle of hunting and gathering of the Jicarilla has thrived throughout their settlement in the southwest, but they have also adopted some cultural traits of their aboriginal neighbors from the Plains and Upper Rio Grande. TOP CONTACT US PO Box 547 Dulce, NM 87528 575-759-3225 575-759-3533 STAY CONNECTED 4 webmaster@dulceschools.com | Site Map Copyright © 2002-2021 Blackboard, Inc. All rights reserved.

Translate ▼ Choose School ▼ 8 Local Government Home Home About Us Local Government Home Jicarilla Apache Nation Government Body The Jicarilla Apache are a federally recognized tribal entity who in 1937 organized a formal government and adopted a constitution. Traditional tribal leaders were elected as their first tribal council members. In 2000 the tribe officially changed their name to the Jicarilla Apache Nation. The government is made up of the following branches: executive, with a president and vice-president serving four-year terms legislative, with eight members serving staggering four-year terms judicial, tribal court and appellate court judges assigned by the president. Its capital is Dulce, which comprises over 95 percent of the reservation's population, near the extreme north end. Most tribal offices are located in Dulce. TOP CONTACT US PO Box 547 Dulce, NM 87528 575-759-3225 575-759-3533 STAY CONNECTED 4 webmaster@dulceschools.com | Site Map Copyright © 2002-2021 Blackboard, Inc. All rights reserved.

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