Sacheen Littlefeather, the late actress and Native American activist who rejected Marlon Brando's Oscar at the 1973 Academy Awards, wasn't Native American at all, her two biological sisters claim.
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"As you stood on the Oscars stage in 1973 to not accept the Oscar on behalf of Marlon Brando, in recognition of the misrepresentation and mistreatment of Native American people by the film industry, you made a powerful statement that continues to remind us of the necessity of respect and the importance of human dignity," Rubin said of Littlefeather's remarks at the ceremony in the letter.
But, according to Littlefeather's biological sisters, the family has no known Native American/American Indian ancestry. What's more, the sisters claim they identified as"Spanish" on their father's side.
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