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Beef jerky belongs to a broad North American preservation story. Indigenous communities dried meat for storage and travel, and pemmican or wasna combined dried meat with fat and sometimes berries for dense nourishment. Settlers, soldiers, cowboys, and hunters adopted dried meat because it was light, durable, and useful far from a kitchen. This modern recipe uses a home oven or dehydrator and a seasoned marinade while keeping the Indigenous roots visible.