After school was out, band practice over and dinner eaten, Horace X and his 11-year-old son Hayden pulled out their canvasses and began to bead. It was four weeks until Mardi Gras, and they were ...

The Mardi Gras Indians, or Black Masking Indians, have been around since the 1800s. Members spend months painstakingly ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Big Queen Ifatumininu was in Shreveport for an artist talk all about the New Orleans Masking Mardi Gras Indians. She is a part of the Beautiful Creole Apache Tribe. If ...

Native American Heritage Month is a great time to highlight a relatively unknown part of one of the most special cities on the globe: the contribution of Native Americans to the musical universe of ...

Though the Guardians of the Flame work year-round “to create community among, honor, and educate about the individuals and groups who create and uphold the arts and culture of the Mardi Gras Indians ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - In between the end of Zulu and the start of Rex, Lorenza Lawless prepared to take what she called some historic steps on Fat Tuesday. “This is historic because today marks the ...

A newly accessible Tulane collection at Tulane University Special Collections (TUSC) brings the sights and sounds of Mardi Gras Indian traditions from 1970s New Orleans back to life — offering a rare, ...

NEW ORLEANS — For generations, the intricate beadwork of the Mardi Gras Indians tells stories of pride, resilience, and culture. But for one Big Chief, the next chapter is about something even more ...

On a recent afternoon in the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans, Demond Melancon sat at his dining room table doing what he does most days of the year: sewing. Beads covered the shelves in small ...

Their shimmering suits and elaborate headdresses can cost upwards of $10,000 — a hefty sum by most accounts. Yet every year, hundreds of working-class blacks, driven by a sense of purpose and ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — We found a new toy with New Orleans flair that would make a wonderful Christmas gift. The Spy Boy toys pay homage to our cultural bearers, the Mardi Gras Indians. Move over Elf on ...