Maria Tallchief

Illustration

Joshua J. Mark
by Unknown Photographer
published on 08 April 2024
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Ballerina Maria Tallchief of the Osage nation, photo published in Dance Magazine, April 1961, commemorating the magazine's annual award winners. She was the first Native American woman, and the first United States citizen, to hold the rank of prima ballerina on the world's stage.

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Photographer, U. (2024, April 08). Maria Tallchief. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/18785/maria-tallchief/

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