Oddusee Indians — NOLA Mardi Gras Indians

Oddusee · New Orleans

Comanche Hunters Mardi Gras Indian Tribe


The Comanche Hunters are a 9th Ward gang led by Big Chief Keith "KeKe" Gibson. They perform regularly at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and at the Lower 9 Festival, and were profiled in the 2020 short film Comanche Hunters - Mardi Gras Indians directed by Percy Francois III. Neighborhood: 9th Ward (Downtown) Comes out: Mardi Gras morning in the 9th Ward.

Masking Members
3
Council
3
Masking Days
4

The Council


The Tribe, In Full

Every name here carries the tribe — the council that leads the gang out, and the members who sew and mask. Council first, then the gang.

Council · The Tribe Comes Out Behind Them

Big Chief

Keith “KeKe” Gibson

Big Chief of the 9th Ward Comanche Hunters.

Spy Boy

Michael “ManMan” Tenner

Spy Boy of the Comanche Hunters.

Spy Boy

Charlie Tenner

Spy Boy of the Comanche Hunters.

Masking Days · When This Tribe Comes Out

On the council: masking is a year-round commitment — the sewing table every night, practices every Sunday, and one morning when it all comes out. Councils are published with the tribe’s blessing and updated each Carnival.
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