Musicians and Mardi Gras Indians will gather at the New Orleans Jazz Museum on Tuesday from 5 to 7 p.m., to perform in honor of Darryl Montana, a revered Big Chief who is battling cancer. The free Black Masking Indian concert will be accompanied by a 50/50 raffle, with half the proceeds from ticket sales to be awarded as a prize, and the other half going to help pay Montana’s medical bills.

Last fall, the 70-year-old leader of the Yellow Pocahontas tribe of Black Masking Indians fell ill. Montana said he was worried that the vague pains in his chest meant he was having heart problems. But that wasn’t the diagnosis. Doctors told the Big Chief that he was suffering from leukemia. On further examination, they concluded he also had Stage 4 lung cancer, which had spread to a rib.

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