MISS CHOC 7A

Mr. Charlie Denson (D)
Standing Pine, Mississippi

Interviewer: Sam Proctor (I)
December 3, 1973

Typed by: P. F. Williams



I: ...here at the-Choctaw Reservation, Pearl River Community,

 in the gymnasium of the school, and I'm doing this inter-

 view with Mr. Charlie Denson, D-e-n-s-o-n, and this is

 Tuesday, December 3. The time is now 10:50 AM. Charlie,

 what community are you from?

D: Standing Pine.

I: Standing Pine?

D: Standing Pine.

I: All right, I want to get that down. Standing Pine, Mis-

 sissippi, right? Is that one of the Seven Communities?

D: Yes, sir.

I: Where is it in location, from here?

D: From here it's southwest about twenty miles.

I: About twenty miles southwest of here. When were you born?

D: May 4, 1923.

I: 1923. Where?

D: At Newton. Newton, Mississippi.

I: Is that another one of the communities?

D: Yes,-sir.

I: What are the...the Pearl River Community is one and Stan-

 ding Pine is one. What are the other communities?