During the Bowl, anyone interested in genuine Indian Tacos, every Wednesday at 12 noon in Owasso (about 10 miles) at Tavins restuarant. Prepared by Cherokees the old traditional way with fry bread.

If interested, I can haul 4 people and lead the way for a caravan if enough want to go. Let me know and we'll determine a time and meeting place there at expo square.

WaDo, Roger

Indian Tacos

Indian fry bread is the foundation of a popular dish called Indian Tacos. Originally known as Navajo Tacos, they have been adopted by other tribes. The Navajo taco was voted the State Dish of Arizona in a 1995 poll conducted by the Arizona Republic newspaper.

Indian tacos are the universal modern powwow food (see below). They are also popular attractions at many fairs, festivals, and outdoor summer shows held in the southwest. People will line up to wait their turn to buy some freshly made tacos.

Indian tacos are a combination of beans or ground beef, chopped lettuce, sliced tomato, shredded Cheddar cheese, and optional green chile atop plate-sized rounds of crispy Navajo or Indian fry bread. No plates or silverware are need, as you just fill the fry bread with your desired filling, roll it up, and eat.

Half the lies they tell about me aren't true. 

OK, so when I read the title of this post, I figured that, somehow, curry powder and saffron were involved.

But based on the description in this thread, the Indian taco sounds like a soft taco - the only difference seems to be the fry bread instead of a soft taco shell....

Chuck.....

Thanks bigfish for the description, I couldn't have said it better.

Indian Tacos are F-ing great.

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A healthy diet of dirt in my nachos and beer.

There was a cafe on old route 66 that said for years that they made the first 'Indian Tocas" for the tourist that were passing through. The frybead was very common in that part of AZ and they claimed to have created it by accident. They very well may have.

This is how the fry bread itself was created.

Although considered a "traditional food," Navajo fry bread actually evolved in the mid-19th century. Beginning in 1860, approximately 8,000 Navajos spent four years imprisoned at fort Summer, New Mexico and were given little more than white flour and lard to eat. American scout Kit Carson and his troops drove the Navajo people from their lands by destroying their means of survival. They killed sheep, goats, and horses; poisoned wells; burned orchards and crops; and destroyed shelters and anything else that was of value to the Navajo. Carson and his troops then rounded up thousands of starving Navajo and sent them on the "Long Walk" to Fort Sumner at Bosque Redondo, New Mexico. This was truly one of the saddest events in United States history.

The U.S. government provided those on the reservation with wheat flour as part of a commodities program. Because of this, lard and wheat flour became the main ingredients in the making of Navajo fry bread. The Navajo women had to make the best of what was often considered poor-quality rations in reservation camps and the varying availability of government-issued commodities. They thus created fry bread.

Kenny 1/4 breed

Half the lies they tell about me aren't true. 

And, once again more valuable information concerning Indian Tacos. I didn't know that the Navajo laid claim to the creation. It makes sense though. Regardless of it's origin, if prepared properly they are delicious, the real secrete is the use of fresh vegetables and the beans. The beans and frybread is what separates it from Mexican style food.

WaDo, Roger

That sounds great Roger... noon Wednesday. And Kenny/Bigfish - thanks for another history lesson. All I know is that the ones in Twin Oaks , Okla. are great. All of the history of the U.S. makes me embarrassed to be a "white man.... er ah... white woman". It's the men who did all of the bad stuff, tho'. :-))

I understand the "outside" of the taco but I still fear for the white man when it comes to the "innards"!

White man should fear anything that contains the word INDIAN! Bigfish offered a complete explanation of the ingredients in an INDIAN TACO, which includes CHEESE........The Cherokee word for CHEESE is...CHOKE-EM-ASS. Hence, why white man so full of shit.

Also, anyone interested in Indian Tacos on Wednesday, please post here on this thread or call me on my cell at 918-292-9666. If there is enough interest, we will all meet up around noon at the main enterence lobby.

WaDo, Roger

I definitely want to go, Roger.

Hey group - the Indian Tacos I've had in the past were great. This could be the highlight of your trip...

hey Mr. Indian Guy!!!! (heh heh heh!!) we'll try to meet ya there.we're drivin from Ohio & gonna break the trip up. hope to stay west of St. Louis on Tues nite & will try to get up early enough to get there on time for lunch on Wed.!!! Oh, do they serve fire water there? I'll probably be a bit parched from the long trek!!!HAHAHAHA!!

Hey Stubb, west of St Louie is only 5 hours from paradise, bring it on. I don't think this joint serves beer, if so it will only be the low test type. I don't drink much anymore, ya know what it does to Indians. Last time I had too much, I called the wife to come pick me up. She says, "where ya at", I replied, "near a Bar at the corner of Walk and Don't Walk".

WaDo, Roger

LMAO!!!! Hope to catch up with you guys there...will call ya as we get closer on Wed. morning.

Dont forget Stubb........

They have Del Taco's in St Louis. You might need the extra gas for tossing midgets.

I'll be just looking for fish taco's (unscented) in Tulsa, I heard the Cloud Nine has good ones?

DAMN AQ!!! I forgot that you told me that.....maybe some fuel for the stretch drive home. oh yea, i can see it now......(at the drive thru window)"why ,....yes....i'll take a grocery bag full of tacos!! "" shades of So. Cal.,,,heh?

Better hope the place is OPEN if you go thru the drive thru, unlike the other taco joint we went to that looked like it was open,but no one was taking our order at the drive thru microphone!! Cant wait for the next trip to So. Cal..........

If you find Mexican Kareoke,let me know where it is and when I go to Belle Clair Speedway later this yr,St Louis is just over the river from there.