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   A statue of the celebrated Indigenous ballerina Marjorie   
   Tallchief was stolen last Friday from its base on the grounds of   
   the Tulsa Historical Society & Museum in Oklahoma.   
      
   Michelle Place, the museum’s executive director, said that the   
   statue had been hacked apart and sold for cash. Museum employees   
   on Monday found pieces of the statue at a local recycling   
   centre, though some pieces remain missing. Tulsa police have   
   said they are investigating the matter.   
      
   The statue of Ms Tallchief was one of five statues of Indigenous   
   ballerinas installed on the grounds of the museum in 2007, when   
   it was valued at $120,000.   
      
   But the statue’s significance goes far beyond its monetary   
   worth. Oklahoma is the most Indigenous state in the continental   
   US, and Ms Tallchief, who died just last year, was one of its   
   most famous Indigenous icons — a dancer who starred at the Paris   
   Opera Ballet and performed for multiple US presidents.   
      
   Ms Tallchief was born in Denver, Colorado, but spent much of her   
   childhood on the Osage Nation reservation in northern Oklahoma.   
      
   The family left Oklahoma so Ms Tallchief and her sister could   
   receive high-end ballet training in Los Angeles, and that   
   training paid off. Both Marjorie and her sister Maria Tallchief   
   achieved renown, dancing as part of a group of Indigenous   
   Oklahoma ballerinas known as the Five Moons who all had their   
   statues installed on the grounds of the Tulsa museum.   
      
   Of those five statues, only Ms Tallchief’s was harmed. Ms Place,   
   the executive director, postulated that her statue might have   
   been singled out because of its positioning close to a tree that   
   could have provided cover for the thieves.   
      
   In the aftermath of the theft, the Tusla Historical Society   
   organised a GoFundMe to replace the statue, which quickly met   
   its goal of $15,000. As of Thursday afternoon, people had   
   donated more than $19,000 to the cause. The first $10,000 of   
   that money will be used to meet the museum’s insurance   
   deductable, while the remaining money will be put towards   
   increasing security, updated lighting and new signage.   
      
   “When these dancers began their careers, Europeans dominated   
   ballet,” the GoFundMe page reads. “These women, due to their   
   talent, dedication and determination, went to the top of their   
   field and brought recognition to Oklahoma and Native American   
   artistry. Each sculpture depicts the ballerinas in the ballet   
   she considered to be her signature piece.”   
      
   https://news.yahoo.com/statue-native-american-ballerina-marjorie-   
   210923424.html   
      
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