Sacheen Littlefeather (L), who is Apache and Yauqui, was heckled at the 1973 Academy Awards while explaining why an absent Brando could not accept his best actor Oscar. "I went up there, like a proud Indian woman with dignity, with courage, with grace, and with humility," she said. Under strict instructions from Academy managers not to give an acceptance speech longer than 60 seconds, she delivered instead a dignified impromptu address. The museum, which opened last September, has pledged to confront the Oscars' "problematic history" including racism. Sacheen Littlefeather said veteran Western star John Wayne had to be restrained from physically assaulting her by security guards at the 1973 Oscars.

Source: The Star September 18, 2022 05:36 UTC