Big Chief Joseph “Monk” Boudreaux is an elder of the New Orleans Mardi Gras tradition and a musician. At 80, he’s preparing for the return of Carnival festivities – and a trip to the Grammys after receiving his first nomination.
The Mardi Gras Indian — also called Black masking Indian — tradition has been a central part of the Black Carnival experience here since at least the late 1800s. Members of various groups create beaded, bejeweled outfits and feathered headdresses that combine elements of Native American and African heritage with Carnival, and parade through the city’s streets.
With their use of Native American imagery and tribal names, the Mardi Gras Indians have sometimes raised questions of whether they’re unjustly adopting Native culture.Jeffery Darensbourg, a mixed Indigenous Creole writer and activist who is a member of the Atakapa-Ishak Nation and lives in New Orleans, says he often fields questions from Native Americans around the country who see Mardi Gras Indians and wonder why Black people are dressed that way.
He and other Indians spend months preparing their colorful suits. Then tribes like Boudreaux’s Golden Eagles take to the streets on Fat Tuesday seeking out other tribes in a competition for who is the prettiest. Music is an integral part of the Mardi Gras Indian tradition, with tribes singing songs about their history and customs. Chiefs use a musical call and response to communicate with members when they’re out on the streets. In the runup to Mardi Gras, the Indians practice their music in bars.
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