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Spirit of Craft
Spirit of Craft
Five years ago, the future of the Mardi Gras Indians in New Orleans was in doubt, because the levees that burst after Hurricane Katrina deluged the city's working-poor neighborhoods, where most tribes were based. Viewers of the HBO series Treme have had a front-row seat to the problems faced by those who call themselves Indians. For one thing, it has been unclear how these New Orleanians, who were scattered and basically homeless after the hurricane, would find the time and thousands of dollars needed to create new suits every year, as is the tradition.
But tradition has proven resilient. Despite the ...
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