Maria Tallchief, America’s first prima ballerina, continues to inspire new generations of Native American dancers
By Kaitlyn Schwanemann, CNN (CNN) — The Osage Ballet overlooks a creek in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, on the Osage Indian reservation. Before class, students can be found warming up with plies and battements, battering pointe shoes or learning about America’s first prima ballerina, who inspired the school’s founding: Elizabeth Marie Tallchief. Tallchief, an Osage woman who
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