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Tallchief

American  
[tawl-cheef] / ˈtɔlˌtʃif /

noun

  1. Maria, 1925–2013, U.S. ballet dancer.


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Nor will it ever be too late to encounter Wilma Rudolph or Maria Tallchief.

From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2021

Only Tallchief is identified further as “of Indian ancestry, part Osage.”

From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2021

Marjorie Tallchief said that in Europe, newspapers mentioned she was Osage, but she thought it was a different treatment than her sister might have experienced in the States.

From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2021

“I’m very glad we did it,” Marjorie Tallchief, 94, said recently, on the phone from her home in Delray Beach, Fla. “It was amazing, at that time, that they got us all together.”

From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2021

The Osage have long been linked to the world of classical dance, having produced two of the greatest ballerinas, the sisters Maria and Marjorie Tallchief.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann