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Sudipta Bardhan's The Osage Firebird
The story, “The Osage Firebird” by Sudipta Bardhan, is a very interesting book with lots of meaning. The Author of this book was sure to put in quite a lot of morals as well. The story is about a young Indian girl who gets put down by people, because of her being Indian, but becomes a famous ballerina that is known nationwide.

The author starts the story off by talking about who Betty Marie Tallchief was. Betty was a young girl born in Oklahoma in 1925. Her and her parents were Indian and were from the Osage tribe. Betty didn’t get too much respect in her school from other students just because she was an Indian. They teased her even more for liking ballet. Betty loved ballet and wrapped almost all of her life around it.

Betty was a very
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