Sacheen Littlefeather, the actor and activist who declined Marlon Brando s 1973 Academy Award for "The Godfather" on his behalf in an indelible protest of Hollywood s portrayal of Native Americans, has died. She was 75.
Sacheen Littlefeather, the actor and activist who declined Marlon Brando’s 1973 Academy Award for “The Godfather” on his behalf in an indelible protest of Hollywood s portrayal of Native Americans, has
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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 Native Americans.
Sacheen Littlefeather, the actor and activist who declined Marlon Brando’s 1973 Academy Award for “The Godfather” on his behalf in an indelible protest of how Native Americans had been portrayed on screen, has died at 75.