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    Sacheen Littlefeather

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  2. Maria Louise Cruz (November 14, 1946 – October 2, 2022), better known as Sacheen Littlefeather, was an American actress and activist for Native American civil rights. After her death, she was accused by family members and journalists of falsely claiming Native American heritage.

  3. Oct 29, 2022 · Last Saturday, less than a month after their sister’s death at age 75, The San Francisco Chronicle published an opinion column by Keeler under the headline, “Sacheen Littlefeather was a...

  4. Nov 5, 2022 · But at the heart of the Littlefeather controversy is a more fundamental question, Native American scholars say, about what it means to be Native American. Genetic ancestry isn’t enough

  5. Oct 22, 2022 · Sacheen Littlefeather was a Native American icon. Her sisters say she was an ethnic fraud. The “Apache” actress and activist wasn’t Native American, say her sisters. And that wasn’t the...

    • Jacqueline Keeler
  6. Oct 24, 2022 · Littlefeather, who died earlier this month at age 75, was active in the Native American Bay Area community. During her speech at the Oscars, she said she was president of the National...

  7. Oct 3, 2022 · Sacheen Littlefeather was an actress and activist for Native Americans. Sacheen Littlefeather, the Native American activist who declined Marlon Brando's Oscar for The Godfather on...

  8. Oct 3, 2022 · Sacheen Littlefeather, the Native American 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, died Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022, at her home in Marin County, Calif. She was 75.

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