Littlefeather, who is Apache and Yauqui, was heckled at the 1973 Academy Awards while explaining why an absent Marlon Brando could not accept his best actor Oscar for"The Godfather".
"The abuse you endured because of this statement was unwarranted and unjustified," said the apology letter sent in June from then-Academy president David Rubin. The Academy released the letter as it announced that Littlefeather has been invited to speak at its recently opened film museum in Los Angeles next month.
mistereatgalway Clint Eastwood didn't exactly cover himself in glory that night either.
Shame it took so so long for an apology..fair Play Sacheen LittleFeather
A few boo'd most clapped
Lies, she was not booed off stage , Littlefeather was applauded . Why are you posting a different version of the truth.
50 years to realise they were inherently racially biased. John Wayne has gone down in my estimation.
It’s an arts awards ceremony, not a political rally.