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Native American Sacheen Littlefeather declined Marlon Brando's award for The Godfather in 1973.

The Native American actress took the stage when Brando won for ‘The Godfather,’ saying he declined the Academy Award to protest ‘the treatment of American Indians today by the film industry.’

Los Angeles, Oct 3: Actor and Native Americans activist Sacheen Littlefeather, who took to the stage at the 1973 Academy Awards to reveal that Marlon Brando would not accept his Oscar for “The Godfather”, has died. She was 75. According to entertainment website Variety, she had been suffering from breast cancer. The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, who issued an apology to Littlefeather after nearly 50 years and hosted a celebration in her honour just two weeks ago, […]

Native American activist and actress Sacheen Littlefeather dead at 75. Native American activist Sacha Littlefeather, who famously appeared on winner Marlon Brando's behalf at the 1973 Oscars, has died at the age of 75.

Littlefeather made history when she declined the Best Actor Oscar on behalf of Marlon Brando in 1973.