Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Maria Tallchief performing 'Firebird' at the New York City Ballet on Sept. 19, 1963. Jack Mitchell / Archive Photos via Getty ...

Maria Tallchief refused to abandon her Osage Nation roots—and came to symbolize a new era for American ballet. Now, she’s been recognized with a U.S. quarter in her honor. No American woman had ever ...

On Nov. 27, 1949, prima ballerina Maria Tallchief waited for her cue in the wings of the City Center in downtown Manhattan, preparing to take the stage in the New York City Ballet’s premiere of ...

Despite assumptions to the contrary, prima ballerina Maria Tallchief showed that Indigenous people could not just exceed the standards of Western arts but also set new ones, writes associate professor ...