See how the Wolastoqey Grand Chief makes bannock bread [Video]

This is part of a series called Ann’s Eye, featuring the work of Ann Paul, a Wolastoqey content creator. You can see more Ann’s Eye pieces by clicking here.

Flour, salt, baking powder, water and lard. With those ingredients, Ann Paul says, you’ll never go hungry.

They’re the basics that make up bannock bread, items easily mixed together and dropped into the frying pan.

Ann, who also calls the bread lakalet, said after colonization, Indigenous people started making it after settlers forced them to live on reserves and rationed their food.

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“We weren’t allowed to go get our own moose or all the natural things we harvested or gathered,” she said.

Bannock bread is still a staple in many homes today. Scroll through the photos and …