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 ...

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 Maria Tallchief is a ...

To some people, it may just be a doll. But for the Osage Nation, it represents something more important. “Today's a big day. They couldn’t have made a better selection in Maria,” said Osage Nation ...

TULSA, Okla. — One of the Five Moons of Oklahoma is honored with a special Barbie. Maria Tallchief, born in Fairfax, Okla., is remembered for revolutionizing the ballet world by becoming the first ...