Sacheen Littlefeather, activist who declined Brando's 'Godfather' Oscar, dies at 75

[CatWoman]

Sacheen Littlefeather, the Native American activist Marlon Brando sent to the 1973 Academy Awards to decline the lead actor Oscar he won for “The Godfather,” has died. She was 75.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the news on its social media accounts Sunday night. In an email to The Times, Littlefeather's family confirmed her death, saying she died peacefully, surrounded by loved ones at her Marin County home.

In one of the most famous moments in Oscar history, Littlefeather took the stage at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on March 27, 1973, after Brando’s name was read as the winner. Wearing a fringed buckskin dress and moccasins, Littlefeather refused to take the Oscar proffered by presenter Roger Moore. She firmly offered Brando’s regrets, explaining he would not accept the Oscar because of Hollywood’s mistreatment of Native Americans and the standoff at Wounded Knee.

https://news.yahoo.com/sacheen-littlefeather-activist-declined-brandos-035249688.html

[Brenda]

1. RIP Sacheen

God Dennis Miller is such an asshole!

Years later, comedian Dennis Miller joked dismissively on "The Tonight Show" about then-Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren, who’d claimed some Cherokee ancestry: “She’s about as much Indian as that stripper chick Brando sent to pick up his Oscar for 'The Godfather.'”

[PJMcK]

2. Miller is an idiot

He smeared a sitting Senator.

He smeared a Native American.

He smeared a woman.

He got his facts wrong. Marlon Brando asked Ms. Littlefeather to decline his Oscar not to pick it up.

Miller used to be sort of humorous but now he’s just a bigoted hack.

[Docreed2003]

3. As much of an ahole as Miller is, John Wayne was much more

Read about what this bigoted ass did

https://people.com/movies/sacheen-littlefeather-says-1973-john-wayne-incident-was-most-violent-moment-in-oscars-history/

[Brenda]

4. The link in the OP says it is disputed

by film scholars but I can't read the linked site because it has a pop-up. I believe her.

[VGNonly]

5. She stood up for her beliefs.

Chickenhawk John Wayne, not so much.

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