The Osage Firebird is a very well written passage. It emphasizes on hard work, determination, and cultural heritage throughout the passage. Each section contributes in some way something to at least one of those three things. It gave out its information very well in a way that almost everybody could understand, from children to adults. It even put the numbers to mark the lines, making evidence siting very much easier.

Introduction
The introduction is mainly the beginning life of Maria Tallchief, or Betty Marie, with her grandmother Tallchief. It sites that she “never forgot the tales”, meaning the fire spirits, that her grandmother told her. She would listen for hours to the tales and stories, told by grandmother Tallchief, and that she would …show more content…
She would perform in rodeos or fairs. She had a lot of talent, making her a good ballerina, but that wasn't enough. One instructor told her that she had talent, but lacked the basics. So she tried harder to perfect them. This section mainly focuses on handwork, with determination at the end.

Facing Prejudice
The family moved from the reservation in Oklahoma to California. The kids at the school where she attended teased her because she was native american. They asked her stereotype questions, or did something else stereotypical. Even though she was teased, she had pride in her Osage Native American culture. She always announced her name to the class - Tallchief. This part focused on cultural heritage, because she was proud of it in the midst of bullies.

What’s in a Name?
Maria Tallchief did change her first name to Betty Marie because it sounded sophisticated. Most ballerinas were white and European, so she might have changed her last name. She refused to deny her heritage, so never changing her last name. Even though changing it might have been more traditional, maybe even helped her career, but she still refused. This clearly shows her defending her cultural heritage, keeping her last