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 Mattel;Getty Maria ...

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 ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (KABC) -- San Pedro native and prima ballerina Misty Copeland now has her very own Barbie! The doll made its big debut on "Good Morning America" on Monday. Copeland made history last year ...

Nov 14, 2024 Nov 14, 2024 Updated Dec 22, 2024 0 Mattel is honoring Native American Heritage month in November with the release of a new Maria Tallchief Barbie in the Inspiring Women series of dolls.

The unbounded success of Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” movie this summer followed by the Christmas season’s many stagings of “The Nutcracker,” danced to Tchaikovsky’s 1892 score, combined to spark my memory ...