Actor criticized over declining Marlon Brando's 1973 Academy Award received official apology in AugustActivist and actor Sacheen Littlefeather takes part in a PBS panel discussion in Beverly Hills, Calif., in August 2010. The Indigenous activist who declined Marlon Brando's 1973 Academy Award for The Godfather on his behalf died on Sunday at her home in Marin County, Calif.The Godfather
Littlefeather's niece, Calina Lawrence, confirmed that she died peacefully on Sunday, surrounded by loved ones at her Marin County, Calif., home. The cause was breast cancer, the family said. Speaking to the audience, Littlefeather cited Indigenous stereotypes in film and the then-ongoing weeks-long protests at Wounded Knee in South Dakota as the reason for Brando's absence. She said the actor had written "a very long speech," but she was restricted by time constraints to brief remarks.
Only recently did the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences officially address the treatment Littlefeather received following her appearance. In August, the film academy apologized to Littlefeather, and two weeks ago, it held an evening of "conversation, healing and celebration" in her honour."The abuse you endured because of this statement was unwarranted and unjustified," the academy's president, David Rubin, wrote in a letter to Littlefeather.
I'm very glad I got to hear your interview with them.
I hope she gets to kick John Wayne's ass in the next world
Interesting how decades later she is more beloved than John Wayne, may he rot.