Sacheen Littlefeather

2022 - 10 - 3

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Sacheen Littlefeather, Activist Who Rejected Brando's Oscar, Dies at ... (The New York Times)

The actress was booed at the Academy Awards in 1973 after she refused the best actor award on Marlon Brando's behalf in protest of Hollywood's depictions of ...

She would go on to play roles in films like “The Trial of Billy Jack” and “Winterhawk.” Littlefeather said in an interview with the Academy that she had been planning to watch the awards on television when she received a call the night before the ceremony from Mr. “I didn’t represent myself,” she said. Brando’s house later, people shot at the doorway where she was standing. Brando asked her to refuse the award on his behalf if he won and gave her a With only about 15 minutes left in the program, Ms. Brando, who had been nominated for his performance as Vito Corleone in “The Godfather.” Littlefeather said at the podium, having endured a chorus of boos and some cheers from the crowd. But the backlash and criticism was immediate: The actor John Wayne was so unsettled Littlefeather](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/16/movies/sacheen-littlefeather-oscars-apology.html) for her treatment during the Oscars. In an interview with [The Hollywood Reporter](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sacheen-littlefeather-oscars-apology-1235198863/) in August, Ms. The cause of death was not immediately known.

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Sacheen Littlefeather, famous for declining Marlon Brando's Oscar ... (Sky News)

The death of Sacheen Littlefeather comes less than two months after the Academy said sorry to her over her treatment at the 1973 awards, and just a few ...

In a 2021 interview with The Guardian, Littlefeather, who had suffered from several serious health issues during her life, said she had been receiving chemotherapy for some time. I've earned the right to be my true self." She was made to leave the stage after speaking for just a minute. I'm saying goodbye to you… Our nation needs to hear this apology." Looking back at the 1973 ceremony, to which she had worn a traditional buckskin dress, she said the audience had booed her as she started to speak and some had mocked her with the chopping sound of a tomahawk and the whoops of "Indians".

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Sacheen Littlefeather, Indigenous actress who refused Oscar, dies (Aljazeera.com)

Sacheen Littlefeather made Oscar history after a speech on the mistreatment of Native Americans in the movie industry.

The institution [ issued a public apology](/news/2022/8/15/us-film-academy-apologises-to-indigenous-activist-for-oscar-abuse) to Littlefeather for the bad treatment and held a ceremony at its new Los Angeles museum honoring her two weeks ago. Littlefeather, a member of the Screen Actors Guild, subsequently found it difficult to get work in Hollywood, with casting directors warned not to employ her. The American Indian Movement occupied the site in protest of the country’s legacy of anti-Indigenous violence and discrimination.

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Sacheen Littlefeather, actor who declined Brando Oscar, dies aged 75 (Redditch Advertiser)

The activist, who made a memorable protest at the 1973 awards over the depiction of Native American people on screen, had been suffering from cancer.

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Oscars campaigner Sacheen Littlefeather has died at 75 (Far Out Magazine)

Sacheen Littlefeather, who famously appeared at the Oscars in 1973 after Marlon Brando snubbed his Best Actor award, has died at the age of 75.

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Sacheen Littlefeather: Activist who rejected Marlon Brando's Oscar ... (PinkNews)

Native American activist Sacheen Littlefeather, who famously rejected Marlon Brando's Oscar on his behalf, has died aged 75.

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Indigenous Rights Activist Sacheen Littlefeather Dies at 75 (Smithsonian)

Marlon Brando sent her to decline his Best Actor award in protest over Hollywood's depiction of Native Americans.

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Sacheen Littlefeather, Activist Who Declined Marlon Brando's Oscar ... (Vanity Fair)

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences apologized to Littlefeather in a ceremony honoring the activist last month.

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Sacheen Littlefeather: Native American activist and actor who ... (BBC News)

The actress, who had breast cancer, died on Sunday, the Academy announced. Her death comes two weeks after the organisation honoured her at a ceremony in Los ...

[told the BBC](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3cszd40) that straight after the speech she had to leave the stage with two security guards. [Paying tribute online on Monday](https://twitter.com/Ruth_HHopkins/status/1576786278590615554), Dakota/Lakota Sioux writer and biologist Ruth H. "Marlon had called them in advance and asked them to watch the Academy Awards, which they did. "I was met with the stereotypical tomahawk chop, individuals who called at me, and I ignored all of them," she recalled. [Lakota Man on Twitter offered](https://twitter.com/LakotaMan1/status/1576801521395638273): "It's with a heavy heart that I mourn the passing of Sacheen Littlefeather. But, she added, it "was a very good thing" as actor John Wayne was backstage.

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Sacheen Littlefeather obituary (The Times)

When the Norwegian actress Liv Ullmann read out Marlon Brando's name as the winner of the best actor Oscar in 1973, Sacheen Littlefeather took a deep breath ...

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