# @60minutes on TikTok

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.tiktok.com/@60minutes/video/7625427891119049998
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/62544106-60minutes-tiktok
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- **Posted:** 2026-04-05T23:55:12.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** 60 Minutes (@60minutes) — https://gondola.cc/60minutes

## Caption

“It is the greatest kept secret in America and throughout the world today,” says Howard Miller, president of the Mardi Gras Indian Council and is what’s known as a big chief in the community. There’s no one definitive origin story of the Mardi Gras Indians, but historians have found references dating back to the 1800s. According to stories passed down through generations, when enslaved people escaped New Orleans, Native Americans gave them refuge. On Mardi Gras day, members of what are known as tribes wear beaded, hand-sewn suits. Some say the tradition began as a way for some Black people to honor those Indigenous tribes, while disguising or masking their African identity. “In America, especially here in the South, everything about Africa was forbidden. So we went behind our masks as Indians to practice our culture,” explains Big Chief Howard Miller. #neworleans #mardigras #blackculture #indigenoushistory #historytok 

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historytok, mardigras, indigenoushistory, blackculture, neworleans

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