American Actress Sacheen Littlefeather has passes away at 75

Native American Actress and Activist Sacheen Littlefeather has passes away at seventy-five on Monday.

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She was best known for declining the best actor Oscar award on behalf of one of the greatest actors Marlon Brando.

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After that Oscar incident, Actress Sacheen Littlefeathe was blacklisted from the entertainment industry.

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences declared her demise on Monday in a post shared on Twitter.

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Their tweet was "Sacheen Littlefeather, Native American civil rights activist who famously declined Marlon Brando’s 1973 Best Actor Academy Award, dies at 75”.

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While no reason for death was quickly given, Littlefeather revealed in a Facebook post in January last year that she had metastasized breast cancer.

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Sacheen Littlefeather's short speech, for which she wore a buckskin dress and moccasins, was met with a mixture of boos and applause.

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In August, the Academy officially apologized to Littlefeather for the abuse she encountered during her discourse and in the years that followed.

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David Rubin, the former Academy President said in a letter to Sacheen that the maltreatment she got through was “unwarranted and unjustified.”

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Replying to that letter, she said "dream come true, We Indians are very patient people, it’s only been 50 years."

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Last month, the Academy facilitated an occasion at a film museum in Los Angeles that highlighted Littlefeather as a keynote speaker close to other Native entertainers.

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