Clarendon, Dan (March 12, 2023). "13 Wild Moments From Oscars History". TV Insider. Archived from the original on March 14, 2023 . Retrieved March 14, 2023. Some Offers for Sacheen". The San Francisco Examiner. May 20, 1973. p.9. Archived from the original on June 1, 2022 . Retrieved April 19, 2022. Because Littlefeather had been a prominent activist, these allegations caused mixed reactions. [7] Academic and journalist Dina Gilio-Whitaker, who studies Native Americans in the US, wrote that the truth about community leaders is "crucial", even if it means losing a "hero", and that the work Littlefeather did is still valuable, but there is a need to be honest about the harm done by pretendians, especially by those who manage to fool so many people that they become iconic, as Littlefeather did. [6] Gilio-Whitaker specified: [6]

a b c d e f Kreps, Daniel (October 22, 2022). "Sacheen Littlefeather Lied About Native American Ancestry, Sisters Claim". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on October 23, 2022 . Retrieved October 23, 2022. Littlefeather died at her home in Novato, California, on October 2, 2022, at the age of 75. [135] [136] Ancestry dispute [ edit ] Predictably, there was controversy too. There was an Italian private prosecution by Gino Paolo Latin, the prosecutor of Bologna, on the grounds of “obscene content offensive to public decency” and “descriptions and exhibitions of masturbation, libidinous acts and lewd nudity, accompanied off-screen by sounds, sighs and shrieks of climatic pleasure”. It was initially unsuccessful, but, in September 1973, the appellate court in Bologna sentenced Bertolucci, Brando and Schneider to two months in prison and a fine: this was later overturned in December that year by the country’s highest court, the Court of Cassation. In 1973, Littlefeather was married to engineer Michael Rubio. She was later in a 32 year long relationship with and married Charles Koshiway Johnston, who died in 2021. [128] Starr, Kevin (May 13, 1978). "Images of Indians". The San Francisco Examiner. p.11. Archived from the original on May 29, 2022 . Retrieved April 5, 2022.

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Brando was cremated and his ashes were put in with those of Wally Cox. [101] They were then scattered partly in Tahiti and partly in Death Valley. [102] Personal life In 1972, Brando played Vito Corleone in The Godfather, which many critics consider one of the greatest films of all time. [57] For the performance he was nominated for Best Actor at the 45th Academy Awards, which were presented on March 27, 1973, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. [58] Before the ceremony, Brando decided that—as the favorite to win [57]—he would boycott as a protest led by AIM against the ongoing siege at Wounded Knee and his views on how Native Americans were represented in American films. [55] He called Littlefeather and asked her to appear on his behalf. "I was a spokesperson, so to speak, for the stereotype of Native Americans in film and television," she later said. [9] Awards ceremony [ edit ] External video It was such a cold day that, as Brando shamefacedly confessed, “my penis shrank to the size of a peanut. It simply withered.” His body went into what he called “full retreat”, and an embarrassed and stressed Brando started to pace the set, hoping for something to change. Then he had an idea. Littlefeather said her father was of Apache and Yaqui ancestry and her mother was of European descent. Shortly after Littlefeather's death, Navajo writer and activist Jacqueline Keeler interviewed Littlefeather's two sisters, who said that their family is not Native American and that Littlefeather fabricated her Native American ancestry. They also said that their father, who was born in Oxnard, California, was of Spanish-Mexican descent and had no tribal ties. [4] [5] [6] [7] Early life [ edit ] Littlefeather in Larzac in 1973, supporting French farmers in a bid to keep their land from being developed into a military campYears later, in his autobiography, Brando remarked: "Tony Quinn, whom I admired professionally and liked personally, played my brother, but he was extremely cold to me while we shot that picture. During our scenes together, I sensed a bitterness toward me, and if I suggested a drink after work, he either turned me down or else was sullen and said little. Only years later did I learn why." [28] Brando explained that, to create on-screen tension between the two, "Gadg" (Kazan) had told Quinn — who had taken over the role of Stanley Kowalski from Brando on Broadway — that Brando had been unimpressed with his work. After achieving the desired effect, Kazan never told Quinn that he had misled him. It was only many years later, after comparing notes, that Brando and Quinn realized the deception. [ citation needed]

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R.I.P. Sacheen Littlefeather, Native American actor and activist". The A.V. Club. October 3, 2022. Archived from the original on March 15, 2023 . Retrieved March 15, 2023. Media Suggestions From Women". Media Report to Women. 1 (4): 5. May 1, 1973. Archived from the original on April 19, 2022 . Retrieved April 19, 2022– via Jstor.org. a b Oscars (October 2, 2008). "Marlon Brando's Oscar® win for "The Godfather" ". YouTube. Archived from the original on February 17, 2011 . Retrieved April 8, 2018.

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