Frybread (also spelled fry bread) is a Native American food, found throughout the
United States. Frybread is a
flat dough fried or deep-fried in oil, shortening, or lard. The dough is generally leavened by yeast or baking powder. Frybread was created in the 1800s, when Native Americans were forced onto reservations and given rations of flour and lard by the
government. Native Americans did what they could, and fried bread in lard.