Indigenous actress Littlefeather dies
かつて米アカデミー賞授賞式にマーロン・ブランドの代理で出席し、主演男優賞の受賞を拒んだことで知られる先住民女優で活動家のサチーン・リトルフェザーさんが死去した
Indigenous actress and activist Sachin Littlefeather, who once represented Marlon Brando at the Academy Awards and refused to accept the Oscar for Best Actor, has died.
was 75 years old
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Twitter
The Academy’s tweet is accompanied by a photo of Littlefeather, who was an Apache and Yaqui actress.
”The cause of death has not been revealed.”
However, in a post on Facebook in January last year, he confessed that he had metastasized to breast cancer.
Mr. Littlefeather attended the 1973 Academy Awards ceremony on behalf of Brando, who won Best Actor for ”The Godfather”, and gave a speech.
The brand boycotts the award ceremony in protest over how it portrays indigenous people in the film
The denial of the award was also part of a protest against federal law enforcement’s response to the Native American movement that occupied Wounded Knee, South Dakota.
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