Sacheen Littlefeather, who refused the best actor Oscar on behalf of Marlon Brando for “The Godfather,” spent decades lying about her Native American ancestry, her sisters told The San Francisco Chronicle.
“It’s a lie,” sibling Trudy Orlandi told Native American writer and activist Jacqueline Keeler, explaining that their California-born father’s family was in fact Mexican — and Littlefeather’s real name was Maria Louise Cruz.
Activist and actress Sacheen Littlefeather takes part in a panel discussion on the PBS special"Reel Injun" at the PBS Television Critics Association summer press tour in Beverly Hills, Calif., Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010. Littlefeather was on the list of “Pretendians,” those who falsely adopted or were suspected of having falsely adopted ”Native identities for personal gain” Keeler began compiling early last year.
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