After the speech, Littlefeather claimed she was effectively blacklisted from Hollywood, saying many in the industry said they couldn't hire her 'or their productions would be shut down' as a result of her speaking out. More on her life and legacy:
Sacheen Littlefeather refuses the Oscar for Best Actor on behalf of Marlon Brando for his role in "The Godfather" from presenters Roger Moore and Liv Ullman at the Academy Awards, Mar. 27, 1993, in Los Angeles.Sacheen Littlefeather, the Native American activist and actress who famously declined an Oscar on behalf of actor Marlon Brando at the 45th Academy Awards, has died at 75, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Sunday.
Brando had chosen not to attend that year's Oscars in protest of the federal government's response to the Wounded Knee occupation in February that year, in which members of the American Indian Movement seized the town of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation for 71 days, to demand the U.S. government fulfill earlier treaties made with the Native American people in the 19th century and early 20th century, among other things.
Following the apology, Littlefeather participated in an Academy event on Sept. 17 for an evening of"conversation, healing and celebration."
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