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Young Mardi Gras Indians participate in the annual Super Sunday second line parade March 16, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Mardi Gras Indians are comprised of African-Americans of inner city New Orleans' and their numbers have dwindled due to many members being scattered across the country following Hurricane Katrina. The secretive Indian 'gangs' began appearing in the city in the 1880's as an homage to the Native Americans who sheltered runaway slaves.

| Mar 20th 2008 9:39PM

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