{"id":85351,"date":"2022-10-03T06:20:10","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T06:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/native-american-activist-declined-oscar\/"},"modified":"2022-10-03T06:20:10","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T06:20:10","slug":"native-american-activist-declined-oscar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/native-american-activist-declined-oscar\/","title":{"rendered":"Native American activist declined Oscar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el\" aria-label=\"Video - AMPAS apologizes to Littlefeather for 1973 Oscars\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Sacheen Littlefeather, the Native American actress who famously declined Marlon Brandon&#8217;s best actor Oscar in 1973, has died.  She was 75. <\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">News of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theacademy\/status\/1576750133802303490?s=46&amp;t=u7buNMPzZ-ZSt7Fadd82oA\" target=\"_blank\" data-t-l=\":b|e|inline click|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Littlefeather&#8217;s death was shared<\/a> by the official Twitter account for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Her family confirmed in a statement to USA TODAY that Littlefeather died Sunday &#8220;peacefully at home&#8221; in Marin County, California, &#8220;surrounded by loved ones.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Littlefeather, who was Apache and Yaqui, was born Marie Louise Cruz on Nov.  14, 1946, in Salinas, California.  The actress, a graduate of California State University in Hayward who studied acting at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, appeared in films such as 1973&#8217;s &#8220;Counselor at Crime,&#8221; 1974&#8217;s &#8220;The Trial of Billy Jack&#8221; and 1975&#8217;s &#8220;Johnny Firecloud.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">She went on to co-found the National American Indian Performing Arts Registry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">&#8216;Never thought I&#8217;d live to see the day&#8217;:<\/strong>Oscars apologize to Sacheen Littlefeather for mocked speech<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In 2018, Littlefeather revealed she was battling Stage 4 breast cancer. <\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Her death came weeks after she received a long-overdue apology from the Academy Awards.  Nearly 50 years ago, the actress and activist rejected an Oscar on behalf of &#8220;The Godfather&#8221; star Brando, who boycotted the ceremony to protest Hollywood&#8217;s negative portrayals of Native Americans.  Littlefeather delivered a speech on his behalf, which was roundly mocked and booed by many members of the audience. <\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Ten Sept.  17, Littleweather was honored in &#8220;An Evening With Sacheen Littlefeather,&#8221; billed as a program of &#8220;conversation, reflection, healing and celebration&#8221; at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles.  But Littlefeather had received a private apology from the Academy months prior in June. <\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">Related:<\/strong>Sacheen Littlefeather apology is a reminder that Native Americans are still &#8216;left out&#8217; in Hollywood<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_tw\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-method=\"loadTwitter\" data-v-id=\"1576750133802303490\" aria-label=\"Twitter Embed\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;The 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,&#8221; read a letter of apology, signed by the Academy&#8217;s then-president, David Rubin.  &#8220;For this, we offer both our deepest apologies and our sincere admiration.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Littlefeather told The Hollywood Reporter in August that she was &#8220;stunned&#8221; to receive a formal apology. <\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;I never thought I&#8217;d live to see the day I would be hearing this, experiencing this,&#8221; Littlefeather said.  &#8220;When I was at the podium in 1973, I stood there alone.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">But as Hollywood still struggles to make meaningful strides for Indigenous representation, some members of the Native American community found the public apology to Littlefeather the bare minimum. <\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;Honestly, it&#8217;s been 50 years,&#8221; Eric Buffalohead, chair of the American Indian, First Nations and Indigenous Studies department at Augsburg University in Minneapolis, told USA TODAY after the Academy event.  &#8220;(It) definitely feels too little too late.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">He added, &#8220;Hollywood has spent over 100 years portraying American Indians as a part of the past, stuck forever in 18th- and 19th-century settings. The fantasy of American Indians has replaced the reality of American Indians in people&#8217;s minds.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">The 12 most shocking moments in Oscars history:<\/strong>From Marlon Brando to &#8216;Moonlight&#8217;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_vp gnt_em_vp__yt\" data-g-r=\"vp_tp\" data-c-vt=\"youtube\" aria-label=\"YouTube video\" aria-live=\"polite\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"gnt_em_vp_img gnt_em_vp_img__yn\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/2QUacU0I4yU\/maxresdefault.jpg?ssl=1\" onload=\"if(this.naturalWidth&lt;200){this.setAttribute('onload','this.classList.remove('gnt_em_vp_img__yn')');this.src=\" https:=\"\" decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><svg class=\"gnt_em_vp_svg\"><use xlink:href=\"#gnt_svg_video_play\"\/><\/svg><\/aside>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Littlefeather became the first Native American woman to speak on stage at the Oscars.  Wearing a buckskin dress and moccasins, she delivered a 60-second speech explaining that Brando could not accept the award because of &#8220;the treatment of American Indians today by the film industry.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The 1973 Oscars were held during the American Indian Movement&#8217;s two-month occupation of Wounded Knee in South Dakota, which Brando referenced in the speech she delivered. <\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">As she exited the Oscars stage after the speech, \u201cI was met with the stereotypical tomahawk chop, individuals who called at me, and I ignored all of them,\u201d she told Variety recently. &#8220;I continued to walk straight ahead with a couple of armed guards beside me, and I held my head high and was proud to be the first Indigenous woman in the history of the Academy Awards to make that political statement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_anc\" id=\"gnt_atomsnc\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-method=\"loadAnc\" aria-label=\"Newsletter signup form\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In the years since, Littlefeather said she had been discriminated against and personally attacked for her brief appearance.  On Sunday, the Academy shared a quote from the civil rights activist that read: &#8220;When I am gone, always be reminded that whenever you stand for your truth, you will be keeping my voice and the voices of our nations and our people alive. &#8221; <\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Her family asked that donations be made to the American Indian Child Resource Center of Oakland, California.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em>Contributing: Jake Coyle, The Associated Press, and Kim Willis, USA TODAY<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"gnt_em_gl_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/08\/16\/USAT\/3d86ef5f-d29c-476e-b722-db90b1039466-68a68b19-daa5-47a6-a174-f6206691528e_thumbnail.png?resize=660%2C372&#038;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sacheen Littlefeather, the Native American actress who famously declined Marlon Brandon&#8217;s best actor Oscar in 1973, has died. She was 75. News of Littlefeather&#8217;s death was shared by the official Twitter account for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 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