Description:
This interview is continued from MISS CHOC 023. Baxter York discusses traditional Choctaw religious beliefs and describes learning the English and Choctaw alphabets in school. He describes how the Choctaw alphabet is a translation of English and discusses traditional food and drink. He speaks about how his friend was heckled during a baseball game, and discusses how he knew Jim Thorpe. He speaks about the importance of building a Choctaw village where Choctaw language is used, and then describes the origins of traditional dances and how they have changed. Finally, he discusses the Choctaw origins of Mississippi place names.