Big Chief Monk Boudreaux (center) leads his Mardi Gras Indian tribe, the Golden Eagles, on Super Sunday. Courtesy of the New Orleans Mardi Gras Indian Council When Mardi Gras Indians parade down ...

NEW ORLEANS — Since he was a teenager, Monk Boudreaux has been donning a Technicolor suit of beads and feathers and taking to the streets as a Mardi Gras Indian, shaking a tambourine and singing ...

But, to point to it as the singular spark for Mardi Gras Indian culture, as some historians have done, is illogical. It assumes that people in New Orleans didn’t already know what a Native ...

but there’s nothing like being a Mardi Gras Indian.” Before slavery was outlawed in the United States (of which the city became a part in 1803) and for some time after, New Orleans’ African ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Mardi Gras is the largest Carnival celebration in the northeastern hemisphere and the result the contributions of many different cultures. Black Masking Indians helped to ...

Big Chief Demond Melancon wears his Red Cloud suit amongst other members of Mardi Gras Indian tribes ... More during Mardi Gras 2014. In February 2021, the usual bustle of New Orleans’ Canal ...

New Orleans’ oldest Mardi Gras Indian chief and former Oakland resident, Ray “Big Chief Hatchet” Blazio, was laid to rest with a huge traditional jazz funeral in the historic Treme ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — The Mardi Gras Indians hit the streets of New Orleans Tuesday morning for a day of cultural immersion and rebirth, carrying on the centuries-old Carnival custom. The ...

THIS YEAR IS THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF ESSENCE FESTIVAL OF CULTURE HERE IN NEW ORLEANS. AND TO CELEBRATE ... THE HISTORY OF ESSENCE MAGAZINE, A MARDI GRAS INDIAN WILL BE ON THE COVER OF THE INDIANS ...

One element of New Orleans culture is music, which is influenced by Mardi Gras Indians. From food to language and traditions, New Orleans is known for its culture. Jazz was birthed in this city ...