The 4th and 5th grade class have begun our unit about Native Americans in California. During this time, the latter part of our Friday mornings will be "Fry Bread Friday's".
A Little History...
According to Navajo tradition, fry bread was created in 1864 using the flour, sugar, salt and lard that was given to them by the United States government when the Navajo, who were living in Arizona, were forced to make the 300-mile journey known as the "Long Walk" and relocate to Bosque Redondo, New Mexico, onto land that could not easily support their traditional staples of vegetables and beans.
With this, in order to help remember the trials and tribulations that the Native Americans experienced, spanning from the arrival of the earliest of Europeans to North America to the present day, Fry Bread Friday's will seek to connect the SMMLC 4th and 5th grade class to the past and present native American history and appreciate what is typically viewed in history circles as our "First Americans", as well as acknowledge our own modern privilege in our technological society.
A Little History...
According to Navajo tradition, fry bread was created in 1864 using the flour, sugar, salt and lard that was given to them by the United States government when the Navajo, who were living in Arizona, were forced to make the 300-mile journey known as the "Long Walk" and relocate to Bosque Redondo, New Mexico, onto land that could not easily support their traditional staples of vegetables and beans.
With this, in order to help remember the trials and tribulations that the Native Americans experienced, spanning from the arrival of the earliest of Europeans to North America to the present day, Fry Bread Friday's will seek to connect the SMMLC 4th and 5th grade class to the past and present native American history and appreciate what is typically viewed in history circles as our "First Americans", as well as acknowledge our own modern privilege in our technological society.