Maria Tallchief
"Above all, I wanted to be appreciated as a prima ballerina who happened to be a Native American, never as someone who was an American Indian ballerina,"
Achievments
- First American to dance at the Paris Opera Ballet
- First prima ballerina at the New York City Ballet
- Founded and was the artistic director of the Chicago City Ballet
- Won the National Medal of Arts and the Kennedy Center Honors
- In the National Women's Hall of Fame