Collection:LPB

Genre: French

Place Covered: New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 2023-04-27

Duration: 00:13:00

Subjects: MARDI GRAS INDIANS | CREOLES | French language | Creole dialects

Contributors:

• LeBlanc, Drake Host
• Orgeron, Caitlin Host
• McGrew, Will Host
• Dean, Thomas "Bo," III Interviewee
• Honore, Dianne Interviewee
• Ota, Lawson Interviewee

This episode of the series “La Veillee” from April 27, 2023, features Drake LeBlanc and Caitlin Orgeron of Tele-Louisiane profiling the Black Masking Indians, a Creole tradition in New Orleans. They visit Super Sunday, a Mardi Gras Indian celebration, and interview Thomas “Bo” Dean III, former Big Chief of the Young Cheyenne Tribe, and Dianne Honore, the Big Queen of the Yellow Pocahontas Tribe. Will McGrew of Tele-Louisiane then interviews Lawson Ota, the founder of Tours by Marguerite, who discusses the Creole heritage of New Orleans.