Sacheen Littlefeather has died of breast cancer. She was 75 years old.
Sacheen Littlefeather, the actor and activist who declined Marlon Brando's Academy Award for "The Godfather" on his behalf in a lasting protest against Hollywood's portrait of Native Americans
Littlefeather's presence at the 1973 Academy Awards would go down in history as among the show's greatest iconic scenes.
Littlefeather's appearance was met with both loud cheers and boos from the crowd.
"I spoke from the heart," she told The Associated Press in the days following the Oscars.
Marie Cruz her child name was born on November 14, 1946, in Salinas, California. Her dad was an Apache from the White Mountains.
Littlefeather managed to meet Brando through her neighbour, director Francis Ford Coppola of "The Godfather."
Littlefeather referred to the predominantly white public as "a sea of Clorox."