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Detail of beadwork from an Ojibwe medicine pouch

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Mardi Gras Indians?

Do all Mardi Gras Indians have Native ancestory?

6 comments:

Hallie said...

Good question! I wonder if people can just join if they aren't from here or if they have to have some sort of relation that was a New Orleans native.

Jordan Harry said...
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Jordan Harry said...

im not sure if they all have native ancestry but I know that their are some requirments to be a Mardi Indian

quintron said...

good question..lets ask the master..Ms. D

Taylor Harkness said...

You defininitly dont have to have native ancestry to be a mardi gras indian, i dont think anyone would exclude you but i think the majority of them do.

nitsudd said...

i agree with taylor in that you definitly dont have to have native american heritage, but you do have to have some sort of lineage with the history of the mardi gras indians to be a part of it. i think its more of something you are born into or something a culture that you grow into.