Sacheen Littlefeather, Activist Who Declined Marlon Brando’s Oscar, Dies at 75

Sacheen Littlefeather, the activist who in 1973 declined an Oscar on behalf of Marlon Brando at the 45th Academy Awards to protest the treatment of Native Americans by the film industry, died on Sunday at age 75. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the news on Twitter. According to the Associate Press, her family said the cause was breast cancer. Born Marie Louise Cruz in Salinas, California, in 1946, Littlefeather became deeply interested in Native American history and her own Native American heritage in her 20s, and adopted her new name while occupying Alcatraz in 1970. She… Read Full Article