Some history of Native American Fry Bread.⚡
As good as Native Fry Bread is, it’s history and origin is quite the opposite. Before sharing more on recipes o have I want to share with you the dark history of its birth and it began with the Navajo Nation.

Indian fry bread is tradition to the Navajo, and comes with a story of great pain and suffering. Though the tradition of fry bread is common among many Southwestern Tribes, it is the Navajo who developed this.
The Navajo planters lived from the Earth as their ancestors had for hundreds of years before. They also raised livestock to feed their family. The Navajo dinetah (or homeland) was bordered by the four sacred mountains, from northeastern Arizona, western New Mexico, and north into Utah and Colorado. They planted crops in the fertile valley lands, such as Canyon de Chelly known for Ansazi ruins.

The Navajo traded with the Spanish, Mexican, Pueblos, Apache, Comanche, and even the early American pioneers. Around 1846, large numbers of pioneers moved into the area and the cavalry came with them. This is when troubles began. The troubles escalated with the murder or Narbona (1766-1849), a well-respected Navajo leader on August 31, 1849. On this day, Narbona along with several hundred of his warriors, had come to meet and discuss peace with U.S. Colonel John M. Washington and others of the military stationed in the area.There had been trouble with the New Men (the New Mexican settlers who had driven Mexican settlers out of the area).

After several hours, it was believed a settlement had been agreed upon. However, a young warrior by the name of Sadoval, had plans of his own. Mounting his horse he began to ride in front of the Navajo party, attempting to have them break the treaty.

A U.S. Calvary soldier began to say that one of the horses ridden by a Navajo was his, and what peace there was in the meeting that was disintegrating into battle. Colonel Washington commanded the Navajo to stand down and return the horse to the soldier or he would fire into them. The rider and horse were now gone, and the Navajo party did not comply. A canon was fired, and Narbona was mortally wounded. It is told that he was scalped by a U.S. soldier as he lay dying.

This disastrous attempt at peace led to the Long Walks. In September 1863, Kit Carson (1809-1868) was dispatched into Navajo land to retrieve a surrender. When no Navajo came to meet with him, he ordered the burning of the land. Attempts were made to starve out the Navajo and many were captured and taken to Bosque Redondo near Fort Sumner. Hundreds starved on the 300 mile walk and more would die later in the crowded and disparaging conditions. Navajo were placed with the Mescalero Apache where home peace was often not the case. The camps were meant for 4,000 to 5,000 people, yet there were now over 9,000 people, and supplies were meager.

The government supplies of lard, flour, salt, sugar, baking powder or yeast, and powdered milk were often rancid. Fry bread came from these few foods provided during the 4 years of captivity. Since that time, it has become common food at most all PowWows of numerous tribes

To some, Indian Fry Bread is a sacred tradition. It is to be consumed by the people until the earth has again become purified

Now this is part of America’s, U.S.A., real History. This, and so much more is what children and people in school should be taught, instead of the reimagined bullshit narrative they are TRYING to teach. We should be ashamed of what narrative they are trying to teach. Instead be proud of learning from our brutal past, and learn from the facts, to become better people, an evolved human.

All of this lying about our gruesome and evolving past, is EXACTLY how we are devolving. You simply can not learn from your mistakes and regrets, if you lie about they ever existed. That isn’t even denial, that is flat out refusing to move forward, evolve, and progress.

Who was it that said, “Time waits for no one?”. So if you are not progressing, evolving, and moving forward (even if it is one step forward sometimes, and two back – progress), not only will you get left behind, life will pass you by.

We are in these insane times because of all of the fiction and lies being told about ourselves to us, to somehow reinvent a time period that was horrific for most Americans. Yet, life and nature simply won’t stop for our bullshit.

Thus you have chaos. That is where we are now. A full on tailspin. One we created. The sooner we take responsibility for our failures and slights, learn from them, the sooner our insanity finally turn into evolving to be the better versions of ourselves.