Chickasaw playwright JudyLee Oliva wrote a play based on her life, entitled Te Ata, which won the Five Civilized Tribes' Best American Indian Musical Award in 2000."Who Is Te Ata? Chickasaw Nation and National Museum of the American Indian Celebrate the Life of the Native Storyteller", Newsdesk: Newsroom of the Smithsonian, June 22, 2012. Retrieved January 20, 2015. It premiered at the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma in 2006 and was performed at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian in 2012.Davis, Sandi. "World Premiere Play Portrays Life Details of Famous Storyteller", The Oklahoman, August 6, 2006 In 2012, Te Ata was portrayed by actress Kumiko Konishi in the film Hyde Park on Hudson, which centered on the 1939 meeting of Franklin D. Roosevelt and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of England; in the film, Te Ata performs for the king and queen as she did in 1939.Large, Deborah. Chickasaw Nation Media Relations Office. "Noted Chickasaw performer Te Ata featured in new Bill Murray movie", The Chickasaw Nation, December 5, 2012. Accessed March 28, 2015.
