Tag: Activist Sacheen Littlefeather
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Activist Sacheen Littlefeather, who rejected Brando’s Oscar, Passes away at age 75
When Sacheen Littlefeather declined the best actor prize on Marlon Brando’s behalf at the 1973 Academy Awards to denounce Hollywood’s portrayals of Native Americans, the audience booed her. Sacheen Littlefeather, an Apache activist and actress who turned down Marlon Brando’s request to accept the best actor Oscar in 1973, drawing jeers onstage in a move…