“Between 1954 and 58, noted author and music historian Samuel Charters spent time recording the sounds of the city for a Music of New Orleans: Volume 1 LP released by Folkways Records in 1959. In October of 1956, he made the first live recordings of Mardi Gras Indians. His recording of Red White & Blue Got The Golden Band was done by members of a number of different tribes including the 2nd Ward Hunters, Pocohantus (sic), 3rd Ward Terrors and White Eagles. Little Red White & Blues was an old-time Indian gang still referred to in many Indian song narratives today, but it is interesting to note that the singers have no clear understanding of what the name meant. . . .

Mama Roux a song with an Indian reference appeared in a 1968 single by Dr. John (Mac Rebennack) and later on his first Atco album, called Gris Gris Gumbo Ya Ya. The line, She was the Queen of the Little Red White & Blue, clearly alludes to the aforementioned Little Red White and Blue Tribe.”

—Thomas L Morgan, from the Mardi Gras Indian Influence on the Music of New Orleans, a nice article on the net, copyrighted 2002.