Wed, May 20
|Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse
Ty Bannerman, Nuclear Family and Kay Matthews, Norteño Warrior
Though very different in subject matter, both books explore how identity is forged through inherited histories of survival, violence, and belonging in the American Southwest, and what it means to carry the legacy of family and community while navigating systems that shape generations.
Date, Time & Location
May 20, 2026, 6:00 PM MDT
Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse, 202 Galisteo St, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA
About the Event
Join us in-store or register to watch on Zoom.
About Norteño Warrior
Antonio “Ike” DeVargas—Norteño Warrior is the political profile of an activist whose life was dedicated to the pursuit of environmental and social justice in northern New Mexico, a distinct regional community that has long struggled for economic viability and autonomy. A colorful man with a head of premature white curls and blue eyes, born and bred in a traditional Hispano village, Ike, as everyone knew him, came of age during the Vietnam War where he witnessed firsthand American imperialism against a developing nation. Once home, he recognized that the same forces were at work against the Hispano and Native American communities in “el norte,” under the rule of a despotic Rio Arriba County official. As a founding member of La Raza Unida Party he learned the organizing skills that would help topple a despot and prepare him fo…