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Elise Paschen

An enrolled member of the Osage Nation, Elise Paschen was born in 1959 in Chicago. She is the daughter of renowned ballet dancer Maria Tallchief—she was America’s first major prima ballerina, and the first Osage Tribe

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Ghost, Fountain

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Poetry Trivia

Question:

What famous English poet was King Henry VIII's tutor when he was the young Prince Henry?

Answer

John Skelton.

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