Mardi Gras Indians
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The Mardi Gras Indians are Black American Carnival revelers in New Orleans, Louisiana, known for their elaborate suits and participation in Mardi Gras. The Mardi Gras Indians subculture emerged during
Mardi Gras Indians at Algiers Riverfest New Orleans 2009 showing their beadwork
Dancing in Congo Square, 1886
Maroons preparing to ambush a convoy
"A Band of Mardi Gras Indians" - New Orleans 1903
Louisiana Creole people
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Mardi Gras Indians
…blend of Black American and Native American cultural practices. The Mardi Gras Indians' tradition is created in New Orleans by Black Americans, and is a Creole and Black American artform exclusive to New Orleans. The Mardi Gras Indian tradition developed as a form of cultural resistance when Black Americans…
Casquette girls, or Filles du Roi were girls sent to New France as wives for colonists. In Louisiana, they became known as Pelican girls.
A Choctaw chief
Louisiana Indians walking along a bayou (Alfred Boisseau, 1847)
A Choctaw Eagle dance