Te Ata
Emet, Oklahoma, USA
Gender
Female
Birthday
1895-12-03
Popularity
0.4
Biography
Mary Frances Thompson Fisher (December 3, 1895 – October 26, 1995), best known as Te Ata, was an American actress, centenarian and citizen of the Chickasaw Nation known for telling Native American stories. She performed as a representative of Native Americans at state dinners before President Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s. She was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 1957 and was named Oklahoma's first State Treasure in 1987. Description above from the Wikipedia article Te Ata (actress), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
