Artist: Danny Barker & his Creole Cats
Author: Eugene Honoré
Label: King Zulu
Year: 1946

Prayer song for tribes of black indians in New Orleans and the first chant used on Mardi Gras day while hitting the streets in search of other tribes parading. Eugene Honoré (1892-1931) was a real Chocktaw and full member of the Yellow Pocahontas tribe. Barker took liberties with the lyrics, whose actual words were too defiant for white America in the late 1940s. They actually go: We are the Indians, the Indians, Indians of the Nation, the whole wide creation, We won't bow down, on that dirty ground, How I hope to hear them call my Indian Red. Barker recorded four indian chants, released on two King Zulu 78 RPM's, ultra rare since hurricane katrina. They are the oldest evidence of this cultural phenomenon (see also: Chocko Me Feendo Hey) and were re-issued in '17 (Sinking City Records).