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They Call Us Wild: The Mardi Gras Indians of New Orleans

July 1, 1988 by: John Sinclair

This feature about the unique culture of the Mardi Gras Indians of New Orleans (Black Masking Indians) by John Sinclair, the famous writer, poet and political activist, was published in the first-ever issue of OffBeat Magazine in 1988.

"There is never a dull moment in the street where the Zulus and the Indians and th...

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