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.
Te Ata taught at the Oklahoma college for Women, now the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma.
Bill Anoatubby: Governor of the Chickasaw Nation, as the man who gives Te Ata directions in New York.