Her name meant "bearer of the morning" and her stories brought the dawn of a new era in the appreciation of the traditional arts in the life of Oklahoma. In the 1980's she was named Oklahoma's first cultural treasure and how fitting. Roger Harris of the Oklahoma History Center has a synopsis of her life at
http://www.chickasaw.net/site06/heritage/250_951.htm . A recent stage production has been developed that honors this remarkable Chickasaw woman . Her story "Baby Rattlesnake" was published as adapted by Lynn Moroney http://www.ipl.org/div/natam/bin/browse.pl/A212
“art binds all people together”-- Te Ata
http://www.usao.edu/teata/storyofteata.htm
An auditorium on the campus of Oklahoma University of Arts and Sciences honors her as well
http://www.usao.edu/teata/whatsnew.htm
A book also covers her life. http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Te-Ata/Richard-Green/e/9780806137544/?itm=2
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