As high school graduation approached, instead of wanting to be a debutante, Williams told her mom she wanted to be a Mardi Gras Indian. Her uncle Lawrence Adams, a member of the Wild Magnolia ...

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Mardi Gras is the largest ... story of the Black Masking Indians is contested by many Indians themselves. In 1884, the Buffalo Bill Wild West show came to New Orleans.

NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — Queen Rukiya of the Creole Wild ... Mardi Gras and this is another opportunity, another tradition, to come out and meet and show off their suit,” said Mardi Gras Indian ...