Indian taco

English

Etymology

Ostensibly from Indian +‎ taco, based on the use of frybread, an American Indian food, similarity of toppings to those in tacos, and the fact that the frybread is sometimes folded as part of the dish.

Noun

Indian taco (plural Indian tacos)

1. A dish made of fry bread topped with ingredients such as beans, cheese, and lettuce.
   • 1976 April 21, Pat Kennedy, “Indian festival set May 1”, in The Pleasanton Times‎^[1], volume 90, number 116, Pleasanton, page 4:

     If you stay for lunch, local Society of American Indian members will be home - cooking such native delicacies as puffy fried bread, thick Indian tacos and spicy chili beans.

   • 1992, Annharte, “Coyote Columbus Cafe”, in Terry Goldie, Daniel David Moses, editors, An Anthology of Canadian Native Literature in English‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, published 1998, →ISBN, page 195:

     when I'm having an Indian taco day / I discover it's just about too late / not to educate the oppressor / but am I ever good at doing it

   • 2018, Tommy Orange, There, There, 1st; Everybody Reads edition, New York: Vintage Books, published 2020, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 131:

     "Lony, you like the taste of Indian tacos, right?" Orvil says.

Synonyms

• frybread taco, fry bread taco, fried bread taco
• Navajo taco, Hopi taco, Tewa taco, Hualapai taco, Pueblo taco, Apache taco