Frybread
"With so many different tribes of Indigenous people in the United States, traditional foods vary from region to region.
I've gladly eaten Frybread at Pow Wows in Tennessee, Florida and North Carolina. It's often produced at arts and crafts outdoor shows.
"... frybread is a 144-year-old traditional Navajo recipe that has a painful origin. When Navajos, or Diné, as they call themselves, were being forced off of their land by the U.S. Government, they were given meager supplies to prevent starvation while on their 300-mile relocation.
Flour and lard were given as rations on the “Long Walk” from Arizona to New Mexico. Those ingredients led to fry bread, which is a large, fluffy, plate-size piece of fried dough. Although it’s a traditional food that is found at pow wows and around kitchen tables, it has been the focus of some controversy.
Frybread is not nutritionally healthy and is rooted in oppression. So those in the indigenous community may have different feelings about whether or not it’s comfort food. Healthy or not, comfort food is hard to resist!
Source: Archeology & Civilizations Facebook Group.
