Editing Jicarilla Apache (section)

==Tribal government==
[[Image:Apachean present.png|thumb|280px|Present location Apache peoples including Jicarilla.]]
The Jicarilla Apache are a [[Federally recognized tribes|federally recognized tribal entity]] that, in 1937, organized a formal government and adopted a [[constitution]]. Traditional tribal leaders were elected as their first [[tribal council]] members.<ref>Pritzker, 14-15.</ref> In 2000, the tribe officially changed their name to the Jicarilla Apache Nation.<ref>Velarde Tiller, 124.</ref><ref>Warren, Tiller, 16.</ref>

Veronica E. Velarde Tiller, author of ''Culture and Customs of the Apache Indians,'' writes: "All the powers of the tribal governments reflected the traditional values of the Apache people. The protection, preservation, and conservation of the bounty of 'Mother Earth', and all its inhabitants is sacred value shared by all Indian people, and the Apaches were most eager to have this concept incorporated into their tribal constitution."<ref name=VelardeTiller122>Velarde Tiller, 122.</ref>

The Apache Indians integrated the important value of sharing into their constitution by declaring that the resources of the reservation are "held for the benefit of the entire tribe"<ref name=VelardeTiller122/> Further, all land on the reservation is held by the Jicarilla Apache Reservation. It is one of only two reservations in the United States where land is not owned by individuals but by the tribal nation as a whole.<ref name=VelardeTiller122/> Tribal members are individuals who are at least 3/8 Jicarilla Apache.<ref>Velarde Tiller, 143.</ref>

The government is made up of the following branches:<ref>Warren, Tiller, 16-18.</ref>
* [[Executive (government)|executive]], with a president and vice-president serving four-year terms;
* [[Legislature|legislative]], with eight members serving staggering four-year terms; and
* [[Judiciary|judicial]], tribal [[Trial court|court]] and [[appellate court]] judges assigned by the president.

[[Dulce, New Mexico|Dulce]], a city near the extreme north border of New Mexico, serves as the capital of the Jicarilla Apache Nation, with over 95 percent of the reservation's population residing there. Most tribal offices are located in Dulce.