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Born October 19, 1927 • Oklahoma
Died November 30, 2021 (aged 94) • Delray Beach • Florida
Founder Chicago City Ballet
Notable Family Members sister Maria Tallchief
Maria Tallchief
Maria Tallchief
American dancer
André Eglevsky in Apollo, 1944.
André Eglevsky
American dancer
Rosella Hightower
American ballerina
N. Scott Momaday
N. Scott Momaday
American author
Zitkala-Sa
Zitkala-Sa
American writer
Ella Cara Deloria
Sioux scholar, ethnographer, writer, and translator
Mary Crow Dog
Sicangu Lakota activist and author
Yvonne Chouteau
American ballerina
Agnes de Mille and Yurek Lazowski performing in Three Virgins and a Devil, 1955
Agnes de Mille
American dancer and choreographer
Pillar of Fire
Antony Tudor
American dancer
William Schuman
American composer
Rasch, Albertina
Albertina Rasch
American dancer
George Washington Smith
American dancer
Lawrence Rhodes
American ballet director
Lew Christensen
American dancer, teacher, and choreographer
Harold Christensen
American dancer
Sarah Winnemucca
Sarah Winnemucca
Native American educator, author and lecturer
Joy Harjo
Joy Harjo
American author, academic, musician and artist
Paula Gunn Allen
Paula Gunn Allen
American author and scholar
Eagle Woman
American peace activist