found: Her Where trails have led me, c1968:t.p. (Tsianina) p. 1 (Tsianina Blackstone, b. 1892; Cherokee-Creek)
found: Her Where trails have led me, 1982:t.p. (Tsianina (Wild Flower))
found: The new Grove dict. of opera, 1992(Blackstone, Tsianina Redfeather [Evans, Florence], b. Okla. Indian Terr., 13 Dec. 1882?, d. San Diego, 10 Jan. 1985; American Indian (Cherokee/Creek), mezzo-soprano)
found: Native American women, 2001:p. 38 (Blackstone, Tsianina Redfeather [Florence Tsianina Evans], ca. 1882-1985)
found: Social security death index WWW page, Mar. 31, 2009(Tsianina Blackstone, b. 31 Dec. 1892, d. Jan. 1985; last residence, San Diego, CA)
found: Opera history of old Colorado WWW site, Mar. 31, 2009:Charles Wakefield Cadman and Tsianina Redfeather p. (b. Florence Tsianina Evans, who early in her career used the stage name Princess Tsianina Redfeather and then later for the rest of her life Princess Tsianina, d. 1985 at about 93 yrs. of age)
found: Wikipedia, March 14, 2017(Tsianina Redfeather Blackstone; Tsianina Redfeather Blackstone (December 13, 1882--January 10, 1985) was a Creek/Cherokee singer and performer; born Florence Tsianina Evans at Eufaula, in Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), to Creek and Cherokee parents; she was trained as a singer in Denver, sponsored in part by Alice Robertson; at age 16, Redfeather joined pianist Charles Wakefield Cadman on tour, giving recitals throughout North America; as "Princess Redfeather," Tsianina performed Cadman's compositions in traditional costume, with long braids and garments she had beaded herself; Cadman's composition, "From the Land of Sky-Blue Water," was Redfeather's signature song; during World War I, she was the only woman in a YMCA-sponsored troupe of Native American entertainers who played and danced for troops in France and Germany, just before the armistice; the opera Shanewis, with music by Cadman and libretto by Nelle Richmond Eberhart, was loosely based on Redfeather's stories of Native American life; it debuted at the Metropolitan Opera in 1918 and toured the United States; Tsianina Redfeather sang the lead at some performances, including at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, in 1926; in 1935, Redfeather retired from singing; she was one of the founders of the American Indian Education Foundation (AIEF), and spent thirty years on the board of managers for the School of American Research in Santa Fe; she was first wed in 1920, to David F. Balz of Denver; a devout Christian Scientist later in life, she lived with her niece Wynemah Blaylock in Burbank, California, and later in San Diego, where she died in 1985, age 102)
found: Heard Museum Guild, via WWW, March 14, 2017(Princess Tsianina Red Feather; born Florence Tsianina Evans on December 13,1882 in Eufallia (Oklahoma Territory) to Creek and Cherokee parents; mezzo soprano virtuoso; she retired in 1935 and passed away in January 1985 at 102 years of age)
found: Paper Canoe Projects, via WWW, March 14, 2017(Tsianina Redfeather, born Florence Evans, was a Creek/ Cherokee born December 13, 1882 in Oklahoma; a mezzo-soprano virtuoso, she began touring with composer and pianist Charles Wakefield Cadman at age sixteen; from 1909 to 1916 they toured giving recitals of Cadman's "Amerindian Indian Music Talk"; Tsianina retired from singing in 1935, became deeply involved with Christian Science, and spent the 1960s and 70s in Burbank, CA, living with her niece, Wynema Blaylock; the two moved to San Diego in the 1980s and there Tsianina Redfeather Blackstone, also known as Mrs. Arthur Blackstone, died in 1985)
