ICT Mary Frances Polanco, Jicarilla Apache, founder and first treasurer of the Indigenous Journalists Association passed away ...

It is owned and operated by the Apache Nugget Corp., the entity that oversees the Jicarilla Apache Nation’s gaming activity, and is part of the Apache Nugget Travel Center and Casino.

A nomadic tribe pushed into New Mexico by frontier settlement, the Jicarilla slipped off the radar and became the last tribe to avoid forced settlement onto an American Indian reservation. North ...