Opinion

James Parker Shield: Frybread and the demise of Native culture






Frybread at the FireLake Fry Bread Taco in Shawnee, Oklahoma, a business owned by the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. Photo from Facebook

The Fry-Bread Indicator
By James Parker Shield

Many historians believe that the down-fall of many great civilizations, such as the Mayan, Roman, Carthage, and others, could have been predicted by early “indicators.”

We know the Native American civilizations of what is now America; have undergone tremendous changes, but our nations still remain. However, I believe there are “indicators” pointing to our eventual down-fall.

Possible “indicators” that come to most everyone’s mind would include drugs, loss of languages, and possibly the adverse impact of gaming. I would put forth another more accurate indicator. Fry-bread.


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(James Parker Shield can be contacted by email at jpshield@Hotmail.com)

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