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Actress and activist Sacheen Littlefeather—who carried out Marlon Brando’s protest against the treatment and portrayal of Native Americans at the 1973 Oscars—has died at the age of 75.
Her death comes just three months after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences issued a formal apology for the scorn Littlefeather endured when she appeared on stage to say Brandon was rejecting his Best Actor statuette for The Godfather.
It was an unforgettable moment: Littlefeather, dressed in traditional Apache buckskin, delivering brief remarks in which she explained why Brando was not accepting the award as both boos and applause could be heard in the auditorium.