Participants will sing “Indian Red.” Montana, the Big Chief of the Yellow Pocahontas, was the most influential Mardi Gras Indian leader in the modern era. He’s credited with setting the ...

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 ...

Noted jazz saxophonist Donald Harrison is the Big Chief of Congo Nation. He spends about a year creating his elaborate suit for Mardi Gras. "There's a spiritual revelation that you go thorough ...

OAKLAND — Ray “Hatchet” Blazio has the distinction of being the only Mardi Gras Indian big chief in town. Blazio, 70, also known as “Big Chief,” is a survivor of Hurricane Katrina and ...

He became his tribe’s chief, and it’s a position he’s held ever since. Music is an integral part of the Mardi Gras Indian tradition, with tribes singing songs about their history and customs.

That’s my culture.” Big chief Ray "Hatchet" Blazio is photographed with a statue of his Mardi Gras Indian mentor Tootie Montana at Louis Armstrong Park in New Orleans, La., in May 6 ...

Two weeks after he paraded as a Mardi Gras Indian chief, a New Orleans man sits in jail accused of attempted murder, while his family claims he was only protecting his girlfriend and their 3-year ...

After a 15-year hiatus from masking, a Mardi Gras Indian sewing legend and his queen hit the streets this year in a pair of stunning black suits. Big Chief Tyrone “Pie” Stevenson, 54 ...

WWLTV has confirmed that Hankton is the grandson of prominent New Orleans Mardi Gras Indian Big Chief Tyrone Casby of the Mohawk Indians. An 18-year-old man was also injured in the shooting at the ...