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    Sacheen Littlefeather

    American activist

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  1. Mar 27, 2015 · Marlon Brando's Best Actor Oscar win for "The Godfather" | Sacheen Littlefeather. Hello. My name is Sasheen Littlefeather. I’m Apache and I am president of the National Native American Affirmative Image Committee. I’m representing Marlin Brando this evening, and he has asked me to tell you in a very long speech which I cannot share with you ...

  2. Sep 17, 2022 · Sacheen Littlefeather recites the full acceptance speech that Marlon Brando intended for her to deliver on his behalf at the 1973 Academy Awards®. Brando ask...

    • Sep 18, 2022
    • 53.4K
    • Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
  3. My name is Sacheen Littlefeather. I'm Apache and I am president of the National Native American Affirmative Image Committee. I'm representing Marlon Brando this evening and he has asked me to tell you in a very long speech, which I cannot share with you presently because of time but I will be glad to share with the press afterwards, that he ...

  4. Learn how Sacheen Littlefeather, a Native American actress and activist, represented Marlon Brando at the 1973 Academy Awards and announced his refusal to accept the Best Actor award for his role in "The Godfather". Find out the reasons, the reactions, and the consequences of her historic speech that sparked a controversy and a movement.

  5. Feb 25, 2019 · At the 1973 Academy Awards, Native American actress stepped in to turn down the Oscar for Marlon Brando. She only had 60 seconds and was not able to read her...

  6. Littlefeather credited the speech with bringing attention back to the situation at Wounded Knee, though news coverage of the standoff at the time makes little mention of Littlefeather or Brando. Russell Means contended that "Marlon Brando and Sacheen Littlefeather totally uplifted" the lives of those at Wounded Knee.

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  8. Sacheen Littlefeather refuses to accept the Best Actor Oscar® on behalf of Marlon Brando for his performance in "The Godfather" at the 45th annual Academy Aw...

    • Oct 3, 2008
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    • Oscars
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