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- Birth nameMarie Louise Cruz
- Sacheen Littlefeather was born on November 14, 1946 in Salinas, California, USA. She was an actress, known for The Trial of Billy Jack (1974), Johnny Firecloud (1975) and Winterhawk (1975). She was married to Charles Koshiway Johnston. She died on October 2, 2022 in Novato, California, USA.
- SpouseCharles Koshiway Johnston(1989 - November 2021) (his death)
- ChildrenNo Children
- ParentsManuel Ybarra CruzGeraldine Marie Barnitz
- RelativesRosalind Cruz(Sibling)Trudy Orlandi(Sibling)Gerold Francis "Barney" Barnitz(Grandparent)Marie Margaret Bosch(Grandparent)
- Around 2021, Jacqueline Keeler, an American Indian researcher, identified Sacheen Littlefeather as a 'Pretendian,' who are persons making false claims to American Indian heritage.
- In 1969 she, along with other members of the activist group Indians of All Tribes, occupied Alcatraz Island as a protest against the U.S. government's resistance to native land claims.
- Her mother was Caucasian, and her father was of Mexican ancestry.
- She is the Executive Director of the Kateri Prayer Circle in San Francisco.
- Littlefeather represented Marlon Brando at the 45th Academy Awards in 1973, where she - on Brando's behalf - declined the Best Actor award that he won for his performance in The Godfather. The favorite to win, Brando boycotted the ceremony as a protest against Hollywood's portrayal of Native Americans and to draw attention to the standoff at Wounded Knee. During her speech, the audience's response to Brando's boycotting was divided between booing and applause.
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