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Tallchief, who died in 2013, was America's first prima ballerina, and her daughter, Elise Paschen, tells PEOPLE how "exciting" it is to see her mother memorialized as a Barbie Hedy Phillips is the ...

OKLAHOMA (KFOR) —Barbie celebrates women with different careers and backgrounds. Her latest adventure is honoring Oklahoma’s own, Maria Tallchief. Maria Tallchief, Courtesy: Oklahoma Historical ...

Maria Tallchief, an Osage dancer from Oklahoma known as "America's first prima ballerina" is the latest in the line of Inspiring Women to be immortalized as a Barbie doll. In celebration of Native ...

In an ordinary strip mall in Oklahoma City, something extraordinary happens every day. Hanging in the balance between a prison term and re-entry into society is a small woman with a huge heart.