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There have been many noteworthy performances that have won actors their Oscars, but some of them stand out as the greatest ...
By Rebecca Sun Senior Editor, Diversity & Inclusion Nearly a year and a half ago, the late Sacheen Littlefeather became the face of Native identity fraud when skepticism about her background was ...
In a new twist in the ethnic fraud allegations against Sacheen Littlefeather, a prominent filmmaker in Native American circles who organized a film industry celebration of the late Bay Area ...
On its face, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ apology to Sacheen Littlefeather earlier this year appeared to be a long overdue righting of wrongs. The actress and activist ...
Sacheen Littlefeather left an indelible impression at the 1973 Academy Awards ceremony, when Marlon Brando chose her to publicly decline, on his behalf, the best actor Oscar he received for “The ...
“Hello, my name is Sacheen Littlefeather. I’m Apache and I’m president of the National Native American Affirmative Image Committee. I’m representing Marlon Brando this evening and he has ...
By Eduardo Medina and Michael Levenson Two days after the death of Sacheen Littlefeather, her estranged sister was angrily scrolling Twitter. She was furious, she said in an interview this week ...
Dina Gilio Whitaker does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...
Before the sisters of Sacheen Littlefeather came forward in a damning report over the weekend to allege that the late activist was an “ethnic fraud” who faked her Native American ancestry ...
Shortly after the death of Sacheen Littlefeather, the activist best known for declining the Academy Award for Best Actor on behalf of Malon Brando in 1973, family members have come forward to cont ...