Save the date for the 2011 Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame Ceremonies

Save the Date!

2011 Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame
Memorial, Induction and Awards Ceremony

Sunday, August 7, 2011
Ashe Cultural Arts Center
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

For additional information please call, 504-214-6630

1999 - First Ceremony

First Annual Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame
Induction and Awards Ceremony

March 19, 1999 at Oretha Castle Haley Elementary School

Haley School principal, Roslyn J. Smith presents
First Crystal Feather Award to
Big Chief Rudy Bougere, Sr.

Big Chiefs Clarence Dalcour and Victor Harris
teach Oretha Castle Haley School kindergarten
students, Two-Way-Pockey-Way

Book Presentations

Big Chief and Big Queen Book Club - Presentation Ceremony
December 14, 2006
Albert Wicker Elementary School



Big Chiefs Clarence Dalcour, Markeith Tero, Gerald Paige,
and James Brown

Guardians of the Flame Big Chief Brian Nelson
and Big Chiefs Carl Reed, James Brown, Markeith Tero,
Clarence Dalcour, and Gerald Paige

Creole Osceola Big Chief Clarence Dalcour and
Carrollton Hunter Big Chief Carl Reed


Trouble Nation Big Chief Markeith Tero presents books to
Wicker School Third Graders


Albert Wicker Elementary School Principal Ella Lewis and Barbara Lacen-Keller from
City Councilwoman Stacey Head's Office

2006 Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame Crystal Feather Honorees' Reception

Big Chief Eugene Junior Thomas and Wild Man Jaime Loco Cooper
of the White Eagles

Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame Inductees with
Uncle Lionel Batiste

Big Chiefs Gerard Lil Bo Dollis, Clarence Delco Dalcour, and Alfred Doucette

White Eagles Big Chief Eugene Junior Thomas
and Uncle Lionel Batiste


Drummers Benny Jones, Sr. of the Treme Brass Band and
Luther Gray of Bambouls 2000


Big Chief Thomas Sparks
Yellow Jackets


Retired Big Chief Edwin Harrison, Sr. of the Creole Wild West
and Cherice Harrison-Nelson

2006 Honorees
Back Row: Lauren Anderson, Al Morris, Rita Johnson
Front Row: Cyril Six/Iron Horse Green, and Jaime Loco Cooper


Pall Unveiling
Chief Isaac Ike Edwards
White Eagles Co-Founder

Herreast J. Harrison and Wild Man Jaime Loco Cooper of the White Eagles

Listen: "New-Way-Pockey-Way"

Click here to listen to "New-Way-Pockey-Way"
by Young Guardians of the Flame.

Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame Ceremony Scheduled

Eighth Annual

Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame
Induction and Awards Ceremony


Little Chief Christian Smith and Flag Boy George Smith,Jr. of Congo Nation with Big Chief Ray Blazio of Wild Apache and Guests

Backstreet Cultural Arts Museum

Sunday, August 13, 2006

4-5 p.m.

For additional information contact, Cherice Harrison-Nelson at 504-214-6630.

Welcome to the new Mardi Gras Indians website!

Jaime Wild Man Loco Cooper

2004 Mardi Gras Indian Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

Photo by Jeffery Ehrenreich

Mardi Gras Indians have been scattered by Hurricanes Katrina & Rita, but are still beading, masking and regrouping to bring our powerful cultural community home.

This website will feature photos, music, news and information about how to support the artists who keep Mardi Gras Indian traditions vibrant.