Maria Tallchief, an Osage dancer from Oklahoma known as "America's first prima ballerina" is the latest in the line of ...
Tallchief, who died in 2013, was America's first prima ballerina, and her daughter, Elise Paschen, tells PEOPLE how "exciting ...
A new Barbie Inspiring Women doll is honoring America's first prima ballerina, who was also a member of the Osage ...
Barbie is honoring the Osage Nation Prima Ballerina Maria Tallchief with a doll for Native American Heritage Month.
The Osage Nation will help celebrate the release of the Tallchief Barbie at an event set for 10 a.m. Nov. 18 in Pawhuska.
But Tallchief refused and insisted on dancing as Maria Tallchief, keeping her Osage name, according to a biography of the ballerina by the School of American Ballet. Elise Paschen, Tallchief’s ...