The difficulty of some foods is that they can be both loved and a symbol of a tragic past, and few things encapsulate that dichotomy more than Native American fry bread. Like many old traditions, fry ...

the origins of fry bread are complicated . (the recipe originated with the Navajo tribe more than 150 years ago during colonization). the bread has become a dish popular with many Native American ...

Learn how to make fry bread, the pan-Native American dish that’s taking over TikTok! First, Newlin mixes 7 cups of Blue Bird flour and approximately 2 ½ handfuls of dry milk in a bowl. Next, she adds ...

In Navajo culture, says Hope Peshlakai, “a woman needs to learn how to make frybread.” Her grandmother made it by feel: warm, crunchy on the outside, fluffy on the inside. “Growing up on the ...

For Indigenous people, the dish is both a family comfort food and a relic of colonial displacement. By Kevin Noble Maillard Art Coulson, a Cherokee writer who lives in Minneapolis, took a deep breath ...

When I lived in Oregon, I often drove from Bend to Portland. About an hour into the drive, I’d pass through the Warm Springs Reservation along the Deschutes River. It was almost impossible to drive ...