Maria Tallchief

Betty Marie was a shy, Indian girl who loved dancing to ballet. She had amazing talent, but sometimes she was faced with prejudice.During her career, she changed her name to Maria, but she left her last name “Tallchief” because she had much pride in it. Betty Marie “Maria” Tallchief was truly a woman of two worlds.Ballet usually took the shy feeling away from because she loved it so much. Betty Marie was an amazingly talented girl ,who loved ballet. In the passage, it states that “ballet…

ballerina. Yet the problem is that in school she is teased and bullied for having the last name “Tallchief” so no one in the school respects that she is an Osage Indian. She also changed her name to Maria because she thought it sounded sophisticated and she liked the name she picked. At this point Betty Marie is now called “woman of two worlds” for her success in being a ballerina she changed her name to Maria but never changed her last name. She is proud to be an Osage Indian and will never…

crafts. Other information There were many famous Native Americans in the Cherokee tribe. The first one was Red Cloud. He was born in 1822 and died in 1909. The next one was Cochise. He was born in 1815 and died in 1874. The next one is Maria TallChief. She was born in 1925 and she has not died yet. The next one is Crazy Horse. He was born in 1840 and died in 1877. The next one is Sacajawea. She was born in 1788 and died in 1812. The next one is Will Rogers. He was born in 1879…

Mia Bahr WPCP American Lit October 5, 2015 “What Sacagawea Means to Me,” by Sherman Alexie appeared in the TIME magazine’s 200th anniversary of the Lewis and Clark expedition edition. In the article he writes about Sacagawea’s struggles throughout the Lewis and Clark Expedition and poses a question as to whether or not the benefits of colonization equalizes the grief and toils caused to others. He supports his argument and preaches to his audience with a satirical tone that forces the reader to…

traditional ways; language revitalization programs are being introduced to bring language as well. There are many well-known Native Americans, post-boarding school era, that were and are successful. Jim Thorpe, famous native athlete and Olympian; Maria TallChief, first native prima ballerina; Wilma Man-Killer, first native woman elected chief of the Cherokee nation; Sherman Alexie, famous native author; Larry Echohawk, first native Attorney General of Idaho; Kevin Gover, first native Assistant…