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Looks at the life of eleven-year-old Christopher Cote, an Osage boy from northeast Oklahoma, following him as he goes fishing, attends school, learns to play the trombone, studies the language of his people, and participates in the annual I'n-lon-shka Dances on the Osage Reservation.

Ballerina Maria Tallchief describes her childhood on an Osage reservation, the development of her love of dance, and her rise to success in that field.

Describes the life of the American ballerina and descendant of the Osage tribe.

Tells the story of ballerina Maria Tallchief, focusing on her Native American background and her rise to fame with the New York City Ballet.

Autobiography of American ballerina Maria Tallchief in which she tells how the daughter of a full-blooded Osage Indian father and a Scots-Irish mother came to be one of the world's legendary performers, and discusses her marriage to ballet master George Balanchine, her other romances, and her illustrious career.