Authorities in Oklahoma say that a statue of a star Native American ballerina that was stolen from the front of a museum in Tulsa was sold for scrap metal.

This was the pose used as inspiration for Tallchief’s “Five Moons” statue, which was stolen and cut into pieces in 2022. Photos courtesy of The Tulsa Historical Society and Tulsa Ballet Archives ...

In addition to the emotionally powerful restoration of an image of Marjorie Tallchief as an element of the “Five Moons” sculpture display, the program Sunday on the grounds of the Tulsa ...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Tulsa historical officials say enough pieces of a stolen bronze statue of a famous Native American ballerina have been recovered to restore it.

Last year Marjorie Tallchief’s statue, which is one part of the Five Moons display that honors American Indian ballerinas from Oklahoma, was stolen and destroyed. Now thanks to the historical ...

The United States Mint announced one side of the $1 gold coin will honor five Oklahoma ballerinas. The 2023 coin will feature the "Five Moons": Maria Tallchief, her sister Marjorie Tallchief ...

The statues known as the Five Moons were created by Tulsa-area artists Monte England and Gary Henson. England worked on two of the pieces before his death in 2005, and Henson completed the project.

Tallchief and her sister, Maria Tallchief, were among five renowned Native American ballerinas from Oklahoma known as Five Moons and a bronze statue of each was unveiled outside the Tulsa museum ...

TULSA — October of 2023 is likely to be known among the Osage people as a month of revelatory events. On Oct. 20, Martin Scorsese’s movie “Killers of the Flower Moon” was released ...

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A bronze statue depicting one of Oklahoma’s most famous Native American ballerinas was cut from its base outside a Tulsa museum and sold for scrap to a recycling company, … ...