In my work as a professor of Indigenous literatures and cultures, I often introduce my students to works and artists that they’ve never heard of before, including Maria Tallchief. She and her younger ...

Tallchief and her sister, Marjorie Tallchief, went on to found the Chicago City Ballet and remains influential in the dance world — especially to Native American children. In Tallchief's honor ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Prima ballerina Maria Tallchief waited for her cue in the wings of the City Center in downtown Manhattan on Nov. 27, 1949, preparing to take the stage in the New York City ...