Tallchief wouldn’t even be the first in ... You could tell that this is a real, true ballerina.” SHE WAS BORN Elizabeth Marie Tall Chief in Fairfax, Okla., where the Tall Chiefs were a ...

"Her birth name was Elizabeth Marie Tallchief. When she was young, [the ballet company] asked my mother to change her name to Maria Tallchiev, and my mother said, 'I will change my name to Maria ...