White Eagles Mardi Gras Indians: To-Way-Bac-A-Way #2, camera A (1982)

[@JMCD504]

It's my Big Chief Gerald "Jake" Milon. One of the most power voices and Big Chiefs from the 60's to the 80's. My father Raymond Hunter was his Wildman, RIP pops.....

[@mityjoethWARDMONSTER]

My nigga, SALUTE!! My dad ran flag boy, and that's all FACTS, NOBODY could touch Jake with 100 ft. Pole, him and lil Charles, blow the roof off!!

[@MrHustlemoney100]

I love it and ofcourse i am the Big Chief from the Beautiful Creole Apache from way Uptown. This year will by my 27th without missing a year. I ran 1st Spy Boy for Creole Wild West, in 2018 will be my 2nd year as Big Chief of the Beautiful Creole Apache.

[@mityjoethWARDMONSTER]

SALUTE!! I was so young whn this was happened my dad was flag boy, and started the SEMINOLE HUNTERS, I LOVE my city and my heritage! NOLA 8TH WARD

[@jeffersonsmith2991]

I want to come down ......you masking this year?

[@mityjoethWARDMONSTER]

Man,I had to STOP it, I'm at work and this iz making me cry, FUCK!! I miss them, WHITE EAGLES!!

[@Lovealwayswin22]

💜 have immense gratitude ♾️

[@2mandolin]

Fantastic, wonder what it was like in 62, 42, as cool? Alan Lomax IS amazingly hip!

[@mityjoethWARDMONSTER]

SALUTE to who posted this, WHITE EAGLES was prettiest gang running back then,NOBODY was touching them, PERIOD!! R.I.P. my BIG CHIEF JOE PETE!!

[@azizip171]

Thanks for posting this video. It sounds like the men are singing "Hey Pock-a-way". "Hey Pock-a-way" and "To Way Bac A Way" (or similar sounding titles/lyrics) are probably the same song. I've collecting information & videos about this song. And I added this video to that online collection, with credits and thanks to the performers and uploader. Google Cocojams Mardi Gras Indian Songs & Chants. Thanks again!

[@SamSimonBlues]

@jumperontheline i've read that the 2-way part comes from the french tuer, which means to kill - the phrase means something like: get the hell out of our way or we'll kill you like in the Wild Magnolias' tune "Injuns comin' - get the hell out de way" they also recorded this as 2 way pak e way on their second album

[@HealingThroughInspiration]

Our beautiful Americans!

[@504tiki8]

Already..👍👍👍👍👍

[@majic7071]

this footage makes me think of my grand daddy even more. He masked spyboy with this tribe just a few years for this was taken.

[@mityjoethWARDMONSTER]

Brah, I hope you see this, my G my pop's ran flag boy, this makes me want to cry, I'm trying not to, SALUTE!!

[@SamSimonBlues]

@jumperontheline I don't think they still make albums - Bo Dollis, Big Chief of the Wild Magnolias is very old by now They recorded a couple of albums since the 60's always with an all star cast of New Orleans funk players - their debut was called "they call us wild" Other Mardi Gras Indian tribes that have recorded albums are the Wild Tchoupitoulas and the Golden Eagles featuring Big Chief Monk Boudreaux just google those names and you'll find a lot of great music...

[@jumperontheline]

@SamSimonBlues Wow - thanks ! Didn't know there were albums, I'll check them out. Do you know if they still play together ? ( I'm in UK so not much chance of seeing them even if they do ... )

[@SWEET1ON1]

@Alan Lomax, do you have anymore old indian videos like this? I would like to see them

[@jumperontheline]

I'd trade my soul for a space/time machine ... Does anyone know what the words mean ?