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 ...

IOWA CITY — A new food truck has brought a new niche to Iowa City: Navajo fry bread. Owner Daniel Velasquez uses a few fryers and a few square feet inside South Side Street Foods to pen a love letter ...

Navajo people's association to fry bread dates back to the 1860s, when the U.S. Army forced 10,000 Navajos and Apaches into prison camps in New Mexico in an effort Col. Kit Carson said was to "tame ...

Flagstaff, Ariz. • The Miss Navajo Nation pageant is parting ways with fry bread, the fluffy, golden brown delicacy that’s become a symbol of Native American culture but is rooted in oppression. Women ...

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 ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – The Miss Navajo Nation pageant is parting ways with fry bread, the fluffy, golden brown delicacy that’s become a symbol of Native American culture but is rooted in oppression. Women ...