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  Sacheen Littlefeather and ethnic fraud – why the truth is crucial, even it it means losing an American Indian hero

  Sacheen Littlefeather speaks at the 45th Academy Awards. Bettmann/Getty ImagesWhen Sacheen Littlefeather died on Oct. 2, 2022, obituaries reflecting on the actress and activist’s life held her up as a Native American trailblazer. But there is serious issue with this assessment: A suspicion among those who knew her – myself included – that her claims to American Indian heritage were not what they seemed has developed into outright claims of falsehood. A report in the San Francisco Chronicle on Oc

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  The Holland Sentinel

  Holland woman to share her story about Marlon Brando, Littlefeather at Holland Museum

  Holland resident Annie Olson, who recently told The Sentinel about her unique connection to Marlon Brando and, tangentially, Sacheen Littlefeather, will be featured in a free event at Holland Museum.

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  Sacheen Littlefeather: Fact Or Fiction? The Academy Museum Owes An Exhibit

  As this is written, the interested public is still waiting for something, anything, from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences or its movie museum by way of response to their latest crisis. Said crisis was provoked over the weekend by a detailed column in the San Francisco Chronicle claiming that the late Sacheen […]

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  NY Daily News

  Sacheen Littlefeather, who refused Marlon Brando’s Oscar, spent decades pretending to be Native American, say sisters

  Sacheen Littlefeather, the late actress and activist who claimed to be of White Mountain Apache heritage and at the 1973 Academy Awards criticized Hollywood’s treatment of Native Americans while refusing the best actor Oscar on behalf of Marlon Brando after his win for “The Godfather,” in fact spent decades lying about her Native American ancestry, her sisters told The San Francisco Chronicle. ...

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  The AV Club

  Sacheen Littlefeather’s Native American identity is at the center of a convoluted controversy

  Shortly after the death of Sacheen Littlefeather, the activist best known for declining the Academy Award for Best Actor on behalf of Malon Brando in 1973, family members have come forward to contradict Littlefeather’s claims about her heritage. In a new opinion piece for the San Francisco Chronicle, journalist Jacqueline Keeler interviews Littlefeather’s sisters Rosalind Cruz and Trudy Orlandi, who say their family does not have Native heritage.

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  CBS News

  Sacheen Littlefeather's sisters claim she is not Native American

  In 1973, actress Sacheen Littlefeather stepped on stage at the Oscars​ on behalf of Marlon Brando, identifying herself as a member of the Apache tribe. She received backlash when she turned down Brando's award for him.

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  Parade

  Sacheen Littlefeather’s Sisters Claim She Lied About Being Native American

  Her family is attempting to set the record straight just weeks following her death.

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  Variety

  How the Sacheen Littlefeather Controversy Exposes the Complexities of Identity and Who Gets to Call Themselves Native (Guest Column)

  On Saturday, a bombshell report from the opinion pages of the San Francisco Chronicle whipped up #NativeTwitter into a frenzy. The report, authored by Jacqueline Keeler (Diné/Yankton Dakota Sioux), claimed that venerated White Mountain Apache/Yaqui activist Sacheen Littlefeather had fudged her identity and, according to Littlefeather’s sisters, wasn’t actually Native. This comes four months after […]

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  Variety

  Sacheen Littlefeather’s Native American Heritage Disputed in Column Featuring Interviews With Her Sisters

  Three weeks following the death of Sacheen Littlefeather, the activist who famously accepted Marlon Brando’s Oscar for “The Godfather” at the 1973 Academy Awards, a new column alleges that Littlefeather had been posing as a Native American through her life. Published Saturday in the San Francisco Chronicle, the piece features quotes from Littlefeather’s sisters, Rosalind […]

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  Sacheen Littlefeather's Sisters Claim She Lied About Native Ancestry: 'She Lived in a Fantasy'

  Trudy Orlandi and Rosalind Cruz came forward with the accusation after seeing their late sister Sacheen Littlefeather "being venerated as a saint" amid her death

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