NMLP P-043448 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19

We Fed Them Cactus

Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Gilbert · University of New Mexico Press (Albuquerque) · 1954

UNM Press, Albuquerque, 1954 is the sole and true first — there is no UK edition and no Spanish-language predecessor. Although the author was a Nuevomexicana writing from within a Spanish-speaking tradition, the book was written and first published in English in Albuquerque, so no original-language precedence question arises. A landmark Hispana llano memoir with strong local significance.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-043448 for "We Fed Them Cactus" by Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Gilbert (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-043448, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).