Overcoming racial prejudice to become a popular storyteller, Native American performer Te Ata Fisher — who died in 1995 at age 99 — led an inspirational life. How ironic, then, that the biopic ...

Te Ata is about the true story of Mary Thompson Fisher, a Chickasaw storyteller who was born and raised in the Chickasaw Nation. She became one of the greatest Native American performers ever.

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - On December 3, 1895, Te Ata (known by some as Mary Frances Thompson Fisher) was born in Emet, Indian Territory. Te Ata was best known as an actor and Chickasaw storyteller.

Te Ata ultimately feels more suitable for classroom ... Along the way she meets and falls in love with Clyde Fisher (Mackenzie Astin), an astronomer 17 years her senior, who, as the film depicts ...

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (KXII) - Chickasaw storyteller Mary Thompson Fisher, known as Te Ata, was posthumously inducted into the National Native American Hall of Fame. Born in 1895, she traveled the ...

Dr. Clyde Fisher. Olivia's sense of empathy with the subject cannot be gleaned from any amount of study and research. It is deeper, from the soul. Te Ata's words are chosen carefully, highlighting ...

The extraordinary life of Chickasaw Nation citizen Mary Thompson Fisher is given a heartfelt tribute in this moving look at a culture in transition, and the way one woman used her voice to keep ...

special to pop A Native American storyteller's own story comes to life Aug. 5-13, 2006 in the theatrical experience "Te Ata" at the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma.

The best secrets are the hardest to find.

Te Ata joins a road show and makes her way to New ... She also falls in love with Dr. Clyde Fisher, a much older man who, as embodied by Mackenzie Astin, is as tolerant and open-minded as ...

Te Ata (TAY' AH-TAH) is based on the inspiring true story of Mary Thompson Fisher, a woman who traversed cultural barriers to become one of the greatest Native American performers of all time.