Maria Tallchief : America's prima ballerina

Maria Tallchief was one of the world's foremost prima ballerinas. She was part of the burgeoning New York City Ballet, an inspiration to its co-founder George Ballanchine, and became his wife. He choreographed ballets specifically for her, ones that are now a part of the classic ballet repertoire. Maria Tallchief was the daughter of a full-blooded Oklahoma Osage Indian and a Scots-Irish mother.