Te Ata was lifelong friends with Eleanor Roosevelt.
Te Ata was born in 1895 and lived to be 99 years old.
Eleanor Roosevelt named a lake in New York in honor of Te Ata.
Te Ata performed for King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of England in 1939 at Hyde Park.
As a child, Te Ata's father told her stories of the Chickasaw people, which instilled in her a great love of storytelling.
Bill Anoatubby: Governor of the Chickasaw Nation, as the man who gives Te Ata directions in New York.