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Maria Tallchief, Osage Prima Ballerina, Dies at 88 CELEBRATING LIFE: Honoring the life SPORTS: Whitehorn wins scholarship to of prima ballerina Maria Tallchief PAGE 10 Oklahoma State University PAGE 16 Volume 9, Issue 5 • May 2013 The Official Newspaper of the Osage Nation Maria Tallchief, Osage prima ballerina, dies at 88 By Jon Anderson and Sid Smith, ed roles in his “Firebird” (1949), “Pas Special to the Chicago Tribune de Dix” (1955) and his exuberant “Al- legro Brillante” (1956), a 13-minute Hailed for her “thrilling power of masterpiece. momentum,” Maria Tallchief was In her 1997 autobiography, co-au- one of the 20th Century’s greatest thored with Larry Kaplan, she wrote ballerinas, key player in the art of wryly of their marriage: “Passion and George Balanchine and later a force romance didn’t play a big role....We in the history of Chicago dance. saved our emotion for the classroom. Tallchief, a longtime Chicagoan, And despite his reputation as a much died Thursday at Northwestern Me- married man obsessed with balleri- morial Hospital, according to family nas, George was no Don Juan.” members. She was 88. As a young dancer, she had studied “She was truly legendary, not only with Bronislava Nijinksa and danced as one of the wives of Balanchine, with the Ballet Russe de Monte Car- but an extraordinary expert on mul- lo. In 1952, she appeared briefly as tiple planes of the art,” Kenneth von legendary ballerina Anna Pavlova in Heidecke, a Tallchief protege and the film “Million Dollar Mermaid,” head of the Von Heidecke Chicago starring Esther Williams. A pas- Festival Ballet, said. “She brought to sionate ballet enthusiast to the end, us a vast treasure of knowledge and in later years she served as artistic expertise, even including the laws advisor to the Chicago Festival Bal- of physics that determined what we let, run by her protege Kenneth Von did and the spiritual aspects of our Heidecke. work.” She had her struggles, including She was director of ballet for the her Chicago husband’s brief stint in Lyric Opera of Chicago for most of jail for tax evasion. But through it all the 1970s, and, in 1981, launched she never lost her imposing, elegant the Chicago City Ballet and served bearing or sharp wit. as co-artistic director until its 1987 “There’s a price to be paid for doing demise. Earlier, she was married to serious dance,” she told the Tribune Balanchine for six years and, during in a 1987 interview. “As my druggist the late 1940s and early ‘50s, served said the other day, ‘You’re now pay- as his star in major early works of See TALLCHIEF Courtesy Photo/Russell Tallchief the New York City Ballet. She creat- —Continued on Page 9 Maria Tallchief, Osage prima ballerina. ON Supreme Proposed CFR changes Court to rule on spur discussion on nepotism case writing ON Village laws By Benny Polacca Osage News By Benny Polacca village or “be historically Osage News associated with the village” The Third Osage Nation while requiring the chair- Congress is asking the Osage Proposed changes to the man to reside in the village. Nation Supreme Court to de- federal regulations govern- Currently all board mem- clare Principal Chief John Red ing the three Osage Indian bers must be “domiciled in Eagle’s appointment of his Villages are sparking dis- the village.” older brother Eddy Red Eagle cussions on whether the On April 19 during the Jr. to the Osage Nation Energy Osage Nation should create day’s Hun-Kah Session, Services LLC Board unconsti- and pass its own laws to run members of the Third ON tutional, according to a filed the villages with less federal Congress each received a court complaint. oversight. copy of the draft changes, Chief Red Eagle appointed The questions arose after which set off inquiries on his older brother, a former ON Jacelle Ramon-Sauberan/Osage News a draft document of amend- who wrote the changes and Congressman, to the ONES ments to the Code of Federal whether anyone attended LLC board, in January. The Eddy Red Eagle Jr. shakes hands with Osage Nation Trial Court Judge Regulations section on the the periodical meetings held appointment was subject to Marvin Stepson after he is sworn in to serve on the Osage Nation Energy villages was released to the to discuss CFR changes. Congressional confirmation Services, LLC board Feb. 7. Third ON Congress on April Congressman Geoffrey during the 2013 Hun-Kah Ses- tion expired with the session’s to consider. Red Eagle Jr. can- 19 with changes including Standing Bear announced sion, but session ended April end, but the case remains a not serve on the board in the an overhaul on selecting the the document’s existence 22 without a confirmation vote. litigation item for the two pre- See EPOTISM N Five-Man Boards for each during session, noting the Eddy Red Eagle’s confirma- siding Supreme Court justices —Continued on Page 6 village by placing the con- current CFRs were last formation authority on the changed in 1968. “I just Principal Chief. thought the governing body Third ON Congress votes 7-6 to appropriate Another proposed change of the Nation should step in calls for giving the Princi- and ask ‘what’s going on?’ pal Chief the final authority A lot of questions are on us, $13 million for campus master plan power to grant permission we better act before they By Benny Polacca for tribal dances held in write away.” Osage News the villages. The current Pawhuska village board CFRs give such authority Chairwoman Paula Stabler The Third Osage Nation to the “Council,” and have said she was aware of the Congress voted to appropriate not been updated in 40-plus CFR meeting discussions, $13 million toward building years. “but could not get any infor- phase one of the new govern- A proposed change to the mation” during the board’s ment campus master plan on Five-Man Board (referred to April 22 meeting. Discus- April 18. as the “village committee” in sions of revising the village The bill (ONCA 13-13 spon- the CFRs) calls for amend- bylaws and regulations sored by Congressman RJ ing the qualifications to are not new to the current Walker) authorizes the $13 the Hominy and Pawhuska Pawhuska village board million to come out of the Na- Courtesy Photo/Bruce Cass boards to allow board mem- See CFR See CAMPUS A schematic of the Osage Nation Campus master plan shows what the bers to either reside in the —Continued on Page 4 —Continued on Page 4 campus will look like after phase one is completed. INSIDE THE OSAGE NEWS FOLLOW THE OSAGE NEWS ONLINE Osage Ballet Performs in Washington, D.C. ...............2 Community ............................................15 • Breaking news at osagenews.org Osage LLC Loses Millions ................................3 Legislation Tracker ..................................18-19 • facebook.com/osagenews Ongoing Clan Survey ....................................3 Obituaries ..............................................18 • twitter.com/osagenews New Health Authority Board .............................5 Classifieds ..............................................19 • flickr.com/osagenews 2 May 2013 Osage News • osagenews.org Change coming to oil and gas production in the Osage By Shannon Shaw Duty Osage News The Negotiated Rulemaking Committee denied the Osage Minerals Council’s request to extend the comment period in the updating of the Code of Federal Regulations to the oil and gas production on the Osage Minerals Estate. The NRC held their last meeting April 2 at the Wah- Zha-Zhi Cultural Center, with many speeches against the proposed changes made to the CFRs, followed by many ac- knowledgements of hard work. Shannon Shaw Duty/Osage News “I’m disappointed that ABOVE: Osage County Cattlemen’s Association President Jeff Henry (left), there’s not more shareholders speaks with BIA Director Mike Black (right) at the Negotiated Rulemaking here,” said Curtis Bear, Osage Committee meeting April 2 at the Wah-Zha-Zhi Cultural Center. Minerals Councilman. Bear said he did not agree with Shannon Shaw Duty/Osage News the majority of the changes BELOW: Members of the Osage Minerals Council and the Negotiated made to the CFRs and that Rulemaking Committee caucus before a vote is taken on whether to ap- the changes will debilitate prove or disapprove of the proposed changes made to the Osage Miner- the oil and gas production in als Estate Code of Federal Regulations at the Wah-Zha-Zhi Cultural Cen- Chalene Toehay/Osage News the Osage and he feels like he ter April 2. “failed as a minerals council- Three ballerinas on point in the National Museum of the American man.” Indian performance in Washington, D.C. March 20-23. Minerals Councilwoman Cynthia Boone said she felt like the shareholders were get- Osage ballet performs ting the “bum’s rush” from the advisory committee and in a way the OMC is getting paid at National Museum back for the 2011 Osage Trust Case Settlement. “The OMC started this lawsuit and the of the American Indian BIA is not letting us have a say in this process.” By Jacelle Ramon-Sauberan Some of the changes Boone Osage News referenced was the changing in value per barrel to the greater WASHINGTON – The Osage ballet received an over- of the average NYMEX daily whelming amount of compliments and standing ovations prices of oil at Cushing, Okla., during their four-day performance in Washington, D.C. for the month in which the pro- measure our gas production ter, the environment and hu- Wahzhazhe: An Osage Ballet performed at the Smithso- duced oil was sold; the bond- properly…this will protect the man health.” nian’s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) ing for plugging a single well land, putting in regulations on BIA Director Mike Black March 20-23 in the museum’s Rasmuson Theater.
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