Sacheen Littlefeather, who was booed on stage at the 1973 Oscar's refusing an award on behalf of Marlon Brando, has died at 75, according to the Academy.
and activist most widely known for rejecting Marlon Brando's Best Actor award at the 1973 Oscar's, has died at the age of 75, according to The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Nearly 50 years ago, Brando sent Littlefeather to the stage of the 45th Academy Awards, after it was announced Brando had one the Best Actor award for his role in "The Godfather." In her speech rejecting the award, Littlefeather said Brando couldn't accept the award due to "the treatment of American Indians today by the film industry." She was booed.
Just last month, the Academy issued Littlefeather an apology for the treatment she received that night and afterwards, both in the form of a letter from former Academy president David Rubin, and in an"The abuse you endured because of this statement was unwarranted and unjustified," Rubin told Littlefeather at the event, reading from the letter he'd sent to her in June. "You are forever, respectfully, ingrained in our history.