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Elizabeth Marie "Betty" TallChief (Osage family name: Ki He Kah Stah Tsa; January 24, 1925 – April 11, 2013) was an American ballerina. She was considered America's first major prima ballerina, and was the first Native American to hold the rank.

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A ballerina takes steps given to her and makes them her own. Each individual brings something different to the same role.

Different, Roles, Steps, Individual, Given

What's important is that I'm working with very talented young people.

Dance, People, Important, Working, Talented

I don't mind being listed alphabetically. I do mind being treated alphabetically.

Mind, Treated, Alphabetically, Listed

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.

Native American, Appreciated, American Indian, Native, American, Prima

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