Comments on: Mardi Gras Indians

By: burnssweetgrass

burnssweetgrass — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 11:46:44 +0000

Retire the Mardi Gras Minstrels!
The Mardi Gras Indians are doing nothing more than putting on a red-
face minstrel show. They do not honor Native Americans. The whole
thing is so self-serving. If people of African descent cannot
understand how this is insulting to us Native people, how can they understand our
other societal issues? How can they claim to stand in solidarity
with us fighting for social justice if they can’t see how this
derogatory minstrelsy offends and wounds us?

By: kandi504

kandi504 — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:58:28 +0000

so technical. look into the history of the african american “mardi gras” indians. observe the quotations “mardi gras”…

By: jcarthern

jcarthern — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:13:37 +0000

To Burnsswettgrass:Do your research and study your black history before you speak. Black Indians have been around since slavery, not renegades,but as members of the tribes. Many blacks ,like myself have some form of Indian heritage within their line.Many don’t know of this history, because the U.S.government doesn’t tell all in their history books.