Sacheen Littlefeather's role as an activist started well before her infamous moment at the 1973 Academy Awards. The Apache and Yaqui elder raised awareness of the injustices faced by Indigenous peoples in Hollywood and beyond.
Sacheen Littlefeather is seen on stage at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on Sept. 17, in Los Angeles. Although she was best known for declining an Academy Award on behalf of Marlon Brando in 1973, Littlefeather's work as an activist, a healer and an elder is what defined her life.
"That has taught me quite a bit, looking from this viewpoint and realizing what all has happened throughout the years and cultivating, throughout the experiences of my life, a very positive attitude toward everything.""Littlefeather dedicated her life to the health and wellness of Native people everywhere," the activist's family said in a statement. "She was known for her sense of humor, quick wit, and fierce advocacy for Native American and Indigenous communities.
Littlefeather was a student, supported by grants and scholarships, at the time and couldn't dedicate herself fully to the cause, she recalled. "I was an urban Indian, raised as a white person. And, of course, I, like other urban Indians, have been discriminated against," she said.Littlefeather saw the occupation of Alcatraz as a kind of crucible for the Indigenous activism that would follow.
"It was the story of the Indian person who came on relocation to the urban Indian area, and it was patterned after the life of Richard Oakes, who had since died for the cause," she said. Working with a hospital in Tucson, Ariz., she helped create a natural medicine program to serve the facility's Indigenous patients.
Philippines Latest News, Philippines Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Activist Sacheen Littlefeather, who declined Brando's Oscar on his behalf, dead at 75 | CBC NewsSacheen Littlefeather, the actor and activist who declined Marlon Brando's 1973 Academy Award for The Godfather on his behalf in an indelible protest of how Indigenous people in the U.S. had been portrayed on screen, has died.
Read more »
Sacheen Littlefeather, who declined Oscar on Brando's behalf, dies at 75Sacheen Littlefeather, who declined the best\u002Dactor award on behalf of Marlon Brando during an Oscars protest in 1973, has died.
Read more »
Sacheen Littlefeather, who declined Oscar on Brando's behalf, dies at 75Sacheen Littlefeather, who declined the best\u002Dactor award on behalf of Marlon Brando during an Oscars protest in 1973, has died.
Read more »
Activist And Actress Sacheen Littlefeather Dies At Age 75Sacheen Littlefeather, the activist who famously rejected Marlon Brando’s Oscar at the 45th Academy Awards, has died at age 75. The news comes just weeks after the Academy formally apologized for their mistreatment of the former actress.
Read more »
Quebec elects CAQ to 2nd straight majority government, CBC News projects | CBC NewsFour years after winning its first election, François Legault’s Coalition Avenir Québec party will once again form a majority government in Quebec, CBC News projects.
Read more »