The Mardi Gras Indians continue to evolve with the times, yet they remain a lasting reflection of the foundation of deep ...

Brazil abolished slavery in 1888, the last nation in the hemisphere to do so. But the end of slavery did not mean an end to discrimination. Tucked into remote pockets, Brazil’s maroon people ...

because we tend to think only in terms of Africans going to the British or fighting with the Americans or joining the Indians. But they also formed their own little villages, the little maroon ...

Newly imported African slaves fled South Carolina to establish maroon communities in Florida in the late 1600s, a tradition that was continued by American-born fugitives from South Carolina and ...

Overall, the Florida Maroons lived independently of the Indians without oversight. Free maroon settlements emerged in Florida in the early 1700s, the earliest being Fort Mose near St. Augustine in ...

Indians have a rich cultural history in New Orleans dating back to the 19th century. A queen in one tribe says this is her last year parading and she’s concerned about how her culture continues to be ...

Maroon 5’s performance marks a significant milestone in their nearly three-decade-long career, as the group plays for Indian ...