Sometimes called “Cherokee Artisanal Tacos”, Fry Bread is both at once nothing more than fried dough, and also the representation of decades of perseverance against oppression. Fry Bread rose out of internment camps of forcibly displaced tribes in the mid-1800s. Removed from their lands and their food resources, tribes subsisted on government issued rations, including flour, salt and oil. In this hands-on workshop, Tyson Sampson & Charles Taylor of the Bigwitch Indian Wisdom Initiative and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, will share the complicated history of a food that is both delicious and comforting, while also holding within its golden exterior 150+ years of the complex narrative of indigenous tribes across the country. Attendees will learn how to make Fry Bread, and enjoy sampling this tasty dish & toppings - which can be sweet or savory (think fresh fruit or a rich stew) using fresh and foraged ingredients from the Qualla Boundary.
Event Sponsor: DMJPS PLLC
Venue Sponsor: Asheville Masonic Temple
Sometimes called “Cherokee Artisanal Tacos”, Fry Bread is both at once nothing more than fried dough, and also the representation of decades of perseverance against oppression. Fry Bread rose out of internment camps of forcibly displaced tribes in the mid-1800s. Removed from their lands and their food resources, tribes subsisted on government issued rations, including flour, salt and oil. In this hands-on workshop, Tyson Sampson & Charles Taylor of the Bigwitch Indian Wisdom Initiative and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, will share the complicated history of a food that is both delicious and comforting, while also holding within its golden exterior 150+ years of the complex narrative of indigenous tribes across the country. Attendees will learn how to make Fry Bread, and enjoy sampling this tasty dish & toppings - which can be sweet or savory (think fresh fruit or a rich stew) using fresh and foraged ingredients from the Qualla Boundary.
Event Sponsor: DMJPS PLLC
Venue Sponsor: Asheville Masonic Temple
Mx. Tyson Sampson (he/they) is an Eastern Band Cherokee Indian ( ᎠᏳᏫᏯ ᎨᏯᏔᎯᎤᏁᏉᎳᏗᏍᎩ).Tyson is a two-hearted and -spirited individual descended from the local indigenous matriarchy called the ᎠᏂᎩᎶᎯ (A-ni-gi-lo-hi). Over 20+ years, they have documented endangered language, held mindful presence, and shared Cherokee wild food practices and cultural sensibilities. They are cultivating an apothecary for ethnobotanical accessibility and a collective to support traditional ecological knowledge through the Bigwitch Indian Wisdom Initiative.
×From Birdtown on the Qualla Indian Boundary, Mx. Charles Taylor (she/they) was raised by traditional ᏣᎳᎩᏱ grandparents and is an educator and cultural preservationist, active in the preservation and revitalization of Cherokee culture and language. She has a MA Degree in Public Health from UT-Knoxville and gives their service to a local Asheville Hospital, as a Clinical Laboratory Scientist.
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