42 Tribes

By Glenn Jones TRIBAL TIMELINE: 2000 – 2018 – Big Chief Thomas “Bo” Dean 1997-2000 – Big Chief Ferdinand “Pops” Bigard Chiefs Last Stand As we strolled the hallowed road approaching the 2400 block of […]

By: Glenn Jones and Oba Lorrius TRIBAL TIMELINE: 2012-Present Big Chief Charles “Lil Charles” Taylor Jr 1980-2011 Big Chief Charles Taylor Sr Unknown-1979- Big Chief Harold Feltuson 6th Ward Royalty Big Chief Charles Taylor Jr. […]

By Glenn Jones TRIBAL TIMELINE: 2009 – Present – Big Chief Jermaine “Jigga” Bossier Big Chief Jermaine “Jigga” Bossier was bitten by the masking bug at the age of 6. As he says, “it was […]

By Glenn Jones TRIBAL TIMELINE: 2016 – Present Big Chief John Ellison Culture? Where does it start? Is it a group decision? How does it expand? It seems the answer can be liner for the […]

By Glenn Jones & Oba Lorrius TRIBAL TIMELINE 2012 – Present Big Chief Edward “Freaky E” Johnson There are very few good things that came from the Katrina catastrophe. The more we speak with younger […]

TRIBAL TIMELINE: 2008 – Present – Big Chief Nelson “Mandela Jr.” Lewis Chief Nelson started masking as a Wildman with no tribe. Chief first saw Black Masking Indians as a child on horseback from the […]

By Glenn Jones TRIBAL TIMELINE 1951 – 1967 Big Chief Lawrence Fletcher 1967 – 1981 Big Chief Percy “P” Lewis 1982 – 2011 Big Chief Gerard “Rardi” Lewis 2012 – present Big Chief Curtis “Suge” […]

By Glenn Jones TRIBAL TIMELINE 2017 Hit the Streets Big Chief grew up with his step father “Wild Man” Richard Ivory Turner of the 9th Ward Warriors, later with 9th Ward Hunters. In 2004 Big […]

By Glenn Jones   TRIBAL TIMELINE  1940’s – 1958 Big Chief Joe Le Baker 1959 – 2015 Big Chief Theodore Emile “Bo” Dollis Sr. 2016 – Present Big Chief Gerard “Bo Dollis Jr.”   Past […]