Betty Marie Tallchief Research Paper

Betty Marie Tallchief always had big dreams. She thought of herself as a typical Indian girl. Her dreams made her more than that. She wanted to be a dancer. She got lessons and found that she was a natural.

Betty Marie soon found out that raw talent wasn't enough. An instructor told her that she hadn't learned the basics properly. She had to go back to the beginning and start all the way over. She realized that there was always room for improvement. She started over and became an even better dancer than before.

Betty Marie was teased for dancing because she was a Native American. She changed her name for sophistication. Everyone expected her to change her last name too, for something less Native American. She stuck with her last name, Tallchief. This proved that she was proud of who she was.
She gained many achievements for her dreams as well. She was the first Native American to dance for the paris Opera Ballet, and for it she was given the name "Woman of the Year". June 29 was named "Maria Tallchief Day" in the same year. Her grandmother went on to call her Wa-Xth-Thonba, which means "woman of two