Talk:Maria Tallchief

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There is no mention of Ballanchine on the page for Maria Tallchief, but the Ballanchine page indicates that Tallchief and he were married. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.150.10.200 (talk) 16:11, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

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[edit] Name Clarification

From her autobiography:

They named me Elizabeth Marie after two grandmothers: Eliza Tall Chief, and my Grandma Porter, who'd been named for Marie Antoinette, and with whom I would spend a great deal of time as a child. They called me Betty Marie. (page 5)

One afternoon after a Rodeo rehearsal, Miss de Mille found me in the studio. Everyone else was gone but I was still working. I think she was impressed.

"You know, Betty Marie, I have some advice. There are so many Bettys and Elizabeths in ballet. If I were you I'd think about changing my name. Why don't you use your middle name alone and call yourself Maria?"

I was sensitive to the subject. Mr. Denham had already asked me to add an a to the end of my last name and call myself Tallchieva, but I refused. Tallchief was my name, and I was proud of it. But changing my first name seemed like a good idea.

"You could be Maria Tallchief," Miss de Mille said.

I adopted the name and informed the company, but it didn't become official until the following season. (page 27)

Ivar Y (talk) 14:41, 24 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Five Indian Balerinas

I'm not sure how to work this into the article but Maria Tallchief is often mentioned in connection with four other Indian ballerinas from Oklahoma. This group, Yvonne Chouteau, Rosella Hightower, Moscelyne Larkin and Maria Tallchief and Marjorie Tallchief, is well known in Oklahoma. There are at least two sculptures dedicated to them in Tulsa. There is a mural commerating them in the Oklahoma State Capitol. The group was awarded the inaugral National Cultural Treasures Award of the National Museum of the American Indian. Dsmdgold (talk) 03:17, 4 January 2008 (UTC)