The Story of "Fry-Bread"

Fry-bread is not Bannock

While Aboriginal North Americans were unable to make leavened bread, Europeans, Asians, and many Africans had been producing both yeast and some quick breads for thousands of years.  Africans were very fond of fried breads and it is quite possibly from them that the North American natives learned to appreciate the taste of "bear sign"; but, fry-bread "bear-sign" is not bannock any more than bannock (which was unknown to the North American Native  until 1860) is"Indian bread". European were and are also very fond of fry-bread; both quick and yeast types, as can be confirmed by walking into any Tim Horton's today.