{"id":46771,"date":"2022-08-16T07:14:47","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T07:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/sacheen-littlefeather-gets-apology-from-the-academy\/"},"modified":"2022-08-16T07:14:47","modified_gmt":"2022-08-16T07:14:47","slug":"sacheen-littlefeather-gets-apology-from-the-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/sacheen-littlefeather-gets-apology-from-the-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacheen Littlefeather gets apology from the Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div style=\"\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container noheight\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">Sacheen Littlefeather holds a written statement from actor Marlon Brando refusing his Best Actor Oscar on stage at the Academy Awards on March 27, 1973 in Los Angeles, Calif.  (Photo: Michael Ochs Archvies\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>It took nearly half a century, but the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is seeking to make things right with Sacheen Littlefeather.<\/p>\n<p>In one of the most famous moments in Oscars history \u2014 right up there with Jack Palance&#8217;s one-armed push-ups, Envelopegate, and now, unfortunately, \u201cThe Slap\u201d \u2014 the Native American civil rights activist took to the stage on behalf of Marlon Brando in 1973, politely refusing to accept his Best Actor award for his work in <em>The Godfather<\/em> (1972).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd the reasons for this being are the treatment of American Indians today by the film industry,\u201d the Apache and Yaqui-born Littlefeather, then 26, explained as several audience members began to boo and loudly heckle her before others applauded.<\/p>\n<div class=\"caas-iframe-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"caas-iframe youtube\" style=\"padding-bottom:56%;\" data-type=\"youtube\">\n<blockquote data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/2QUacU0I4yU?rel=0\" scrolling=\"no\"><p><noscript><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/2QUacU0I4yU?rel=0\"><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Littlefeather, who also sought to bring attention to the 1973 Wounded Knee Occupation, later said she was harassed, threatened and essentially blacklisted by Hollywood for her speech.<\/p>\n<p>In an announcement Monday, the Academy announced they&#8217;d be welcoming Littlefeather, now 75, for a conversation at the newly opened Academy Museum that will focus on \u201creflection, healing and celebration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Academy has also offered Littlefeather a written apology for the events of the 1973 Oscars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe abuse you endured because of this statement was unwarranted and unjustified,\u201d wrote outgoing Academy president David Rubin.  \u201cThe emotional burden you have lived through and the cost to your own career in our industry are irreparable.  For too long the courage you showed has been unacknowledged.  For this, we offer both our deepest apologies and our sincere admiration.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div style=\"\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-loader noheight\"><img class=\"caas-img caas-lazy has-preview\" alt=\"BEVERLY HILLS, CA - AUGUST 05: Actress Sacheen Littlefeather of television show \" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/DKujAVFbWndm.tP5DEfzMw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MA--\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2022-08\/f386ac70-1cf8-11ed-8ddf-76c6017b7c84\"\/><noscript><img alt=\"BEVERLY HILLS, CA - AUGUST 05: Actress Sacheen Littlefeather of television show \" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/DKujAVFbWndm.tP5DEfzMw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MA--\/https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/creatr-uploaded-images\/2022-08\/f386ac70-1cf8-11ed-8ddf-76c6017b7c84\" class=\"caas-img\"\/><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">Sacheen Littlefeather at the PBS portion of the 2010 Summer TCA Press Tour at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Aug.  5, 2010 in Beverly Hills, Calif.  (Photo: Frederick M. Brown\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Littlefeather clearly accepted the apology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe Indians are very patient people \u2014 it&#8217;s only been 50 years!  We need to keep our sense of humor about this at all times.  It&#8217;s our method of survival,\u201d Littlefeather said in a statement released by the Academy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never thought I&#8217;d live to see the day for this program to take place, featuring such wonderful Native performers and Bird Runningwater, a television and film producer who also guided the Sundance Institute&#8217;s commitment to Indigenous filmmakers for twenty years through the Institute&#8217;s Labs and Sundance Film Festival.  This is a dream come true.  It is profoundly heartening to see how much has changed since I did not accept the Academy Award 50 years ago.  I am so proud of each and every person who will appear on stage.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sacheen Littlefeather holds a written statement from actor Marlon Brando refusing his Best Actor Oscar on stage at the Academy Awards on March 27, 1973 in Los Angeles, Calif. (Photo: Michael Ochs Archvies\/Getty Images) It took nearly half a century, but the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is seeking to make things right &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/sacheen-littlefeather-gets-apology-from-the-academy\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sacheen Littlefeather gets apology from the Academy<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":49953,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/john-wayne-came-forth-to-assault-me-at-the-1973-oscars-but-was-restrained-by-six-security-men\/","url_meta":{"origin":46771,"position":0},"title":"John Wayne &#8216;Came Forth&#8217; to &#8216;Assault&#8217; Me at the 1973 Oscars but Was &#8216;Restrained by Six Security Men&#8217;","date":"August 19, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Sacheen Littlefeather dominated headlines this week after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences issued a formal apology to her for the mistreatment she faced at the 1973 Oscars. 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