Sacheen Littlefeather: Native American activist and actor who turned down Oscar for Brando has died
Sacheen Littlefeather: Native American activist and actor who turned down Oscar for Brando has died
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Sacheen Li ttlefeather, the Native American activist who turned down Marlon Brando's Oscar for The Godfather in 1973, has died at age 75.
The actress, who had breast cancer, died on Sunday, the Academy announced.
Her death comes two weeks after the organization honored her at a ceremony in Los Angeles, publicly apologizing for her Oscar treatment.
Littlefeather, of Apache and Yaqui descent, has was booed while speaking onstage at the event 50 years ago.
Dressed in full Apache attire at the first televised Oscars in the world, the Californian, née Maria Cruz, explained on behalf of Brando that he would not accept his best actor gong for the mob film in order to protest the treatment of Native Americans by the film industry. graphic and to draw attention to the protests at Wounded Knee.
Who owns Wounded Knee?
In 1973, several hundred residents, along with radical activists from the American Indian Movement (AIM), invaded the nearby village of Wounded Knee in South Dakota to protest government abuses.
The protest resulted in a violent confrontation with federal agents that lasted 71 days.
'Tell the truth '
"I went up there, like a proud Indian with dignity, courage, grace and humility," she recalled at the recent event.
< p class="ssrcss- 1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">"I knew I had to tell the truth. Some people may agree...
Sacheen Li ttlefeather, the Native American activist who turned down Marlon Brando's Oscar for The Godfather in 1973, has died at age 75.
The actress, who had breast cancer, died on Sunday, the Academy announced.
Her death comes two weeks after the organization honored her at a ceremony in Los Angeles, publicly apologizing for her Oscar treatment.
Littlefeather, of Apache and Yaqui descent, has was booed while speaking onstage at the event 50 years ago.
Dressed in full Apache attire at the first televised Oscars in the world, the Californian, née Maria Cruz, explained on behalf of Brando that he would not accept his best actor gong for the mob film in order to protest the treatment of Native Americans by the film industry. graphic and to draw attention to the protests at Wounded Knee.
Who owns Wounded Knee?
In 1973, several hundred residents, along with radical activists from the American Indian Movement (AIM), invaded the nearby village of Wounded Knee in South Dakota to protest government abuses.
The protest resulted in a violent confrontation with federal agents that lasted 71 days.
'Tell the truth '
"I went up there, like a proud Indian with dignity, courage, grace and humility," she recalled at the recent event.
< p class="ssrcss- 1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">"I knew I had to tell the truth. Some people may agree...
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