This girl was named Betty Marie. Betty was born in 1925 on an Osage reservation in Oklahoma. Her full name is Betty Marie Tallchief. Betty was known to herself as the “typical Indian girl.” She was always shy, docile and introverted. She always liked to listen to her grandmother stories about the fire spirits and how animals could talk. Much of her knowledge comes from her grandmothers’ old stories.
Betty started ballet when she was four years old. She always had some