From the beauty and grace of the ballet to a kinda gross romantic gesture. Cass shares the inspiring story of the first American and Native American prima ballerina, Elizabeth Marie "Maria" Tallchief...and then Nat explains why lovers gifted locks of hair and other figurative jewelry.


Maria Tallchief


Maria Tallchief on pointe


Peter Cassidy Bigheart, Maria’s paternal great-grandfather and Osage chief


Gimmel Ring


Eye Miniatures (one, two, three)


A locket with hair


SOURCES:


Maria Tallchief: Wiki, Brittanica


Figurative Jewelry: Apollo Magazine, JSTOR, claddaghring.ie & claddaghring.com


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CREDITS:


Original Theme: Garreth Spinn


Original Art: Sarah Cruz


About this podcast:


Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people.


SPONSORS: This episode was sponsored by RAYGUN, Cape Horn Illustration (nka Wonder City Studio), &  ECBG Cake Studio (all promocodes mentioned in episode are one word, no spaces)


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