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Tallchief has been the subject of multiple biographies. Her autobiography, Maria Tallchief: America's Prima Ballerina, was co-written with Larry Kaplan and released in 1997. [9] Sandy and Yasu Osawa of Upstream Productions in Seattle, Washington, made a documentary titled Maria Tallchief in November 2007 that aired on PBS between 2007 and 2010.
Her latest poetry book, Tallchief, was a tribute to her mother and was released in October 2023. [3] Her poem "Wi’-gi-e" was credited as inspiration for the title of the non-fiction book Killers of the Flower Moon (2017), which contained her poem and was adapted into the 2023 film of the same name. [4]
Marjorie Tallchief (born Marjorie Louise Tall Chief; October 19, 1926 – November 30, 2021) was an American ballerina and member of the Osage Nation. She was the younger sister of prima ballerina Maria Tallchief and was the first Native American to be named "première danseuse étoile" in the Paris Opera Ballet .
Both Tallchief sisters will be heralded from 1 to 5 p.m. Oct. 29 at the Tulsa Historical Society and Museum during a free public event titled "Historic Change: Celebrating Maria & Marjorie Tallchief."
Maria Tallchief, an Osage dancer from Oklahoma known as "America's first prima ballerina" is the latest in the line of Inspiring Women to be immortalized as a Barbie doll. In celebration of Native ...
Maria Tallchief is a fixture in ballet history. The dancer, who died in 2013, was America's first prima ballerina, which is why Mattel is honoring her with an Inspiring Women Barbie doll.
Maria Tallchief, also known as Betty Marie (Osage Nation, 1925–2013) was born in Fairfax, Oklahoma. She learned the traditions of the Osage tribe from her grandmother Eliza Bigheart Tall Chief. Her great-grandfather, Peter Bigheart, was one of the people who helped make the Osage tribe wealthy, by negotiating with the US government about ...
The younger sister of Maria Tallchief, she was named one of the “50 Most Influential Oklahomans of the 20th Century” in 2000. Marjorie Tallchief, last of Oklahoma's 'Five Moons' Native ...