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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Native American actress Q'orianka Kilcher stars as Mary Thompson Fisher (aka Te Ata Thompson Fisher), who dreamed of being on Broadway but was constantly rejected. Born in Indian Territory ...

Clyde Fisher, then the curator of education at the American Museum of Natural History, was in the audience. He thought Te Ata was beautiful and wanted to get acquainted. They were married at ...

Now she gives a voice to Te Ata, (Mary Thompson Fisher), a woman who traversed cultural barriers to become one of the greatest Native American performers of all time. Born in Indian Territory and ...

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 ...

Te Ata Thompson Fisher surpassed the limitations placed on Native Americans and women, Chickasaw Nation Gov. Bill Anoatubby said at the dedication of the sculpture at the University of Science and ...

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 ...

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 ...