Oscars: the Academy apologizes to the Native American actress who refused a statuette in the name of Marlon Brando in 1973
Fifty years after being booed on the Oscars stage for refusing an award on behalf of Marlon Brando in protest of Hollywood’s treatment of Native Americans, Sacheen Littlefeather has received an apology from the Academy of Arts and film sciences, the organization announced on Monday. Better late than never. Of Apache and Yaqui descent, actress … Read more