Super Sunday: Black Indians Galore – Here Dey Come

St. Joseph's Day is annually celebrated by Christians on March 19. When the sun goes down on the holiday, the Mardi Gras Indians take to the streets. The tradition was started—according to the late, highly-regarded Council Chief of Chiefs Robbe (Robert Nathaniel Lee)— by those Black Indians who existed previous to World War I. Robbe once recalled that there were Indians ...