Remember Sacheen Littlefeather, who had famously appeared on stage during the Oscar awards in 1973 and rejected Marlon Brando's Best Actor award for 'The Godfather'?

Sacheen Littlefeather who had rejected Marlon Brando's 1973 Oscars was not Native, claim her sisters

Three weeks after Sacheen Littlefeather's demise, her legacy has been called into question by her own two sisters Trudy Orlandi and Rosalind Cruz. The late actress' two siblings have claimed in a report that Littlefeather lied about her indigenous ancestry and that she was previously known by her family as "Deb".

Sacheen Littlefeather's sisters accuse late actress of lying about native ancestry

Sacheen Littlefeather, the Native American actress and civil rights activist who famously declined Marlon Brando's 1973 Best Actor Academy Award, has died. Littlefeather, 75, breathed her last on Sunday at her home in the Northern California city of Novato surrounded by her loved ones, said a statement from her caretaker.

Sacheen Littlefeather, who famously declined Marlon Brando's Oscar, passes away at 75

The Academy has formally apologised to Native American actress and activist Sacheen Littlefeather after nearly 50 years of her mistreatment at the 1973 Academy Awards, in which she was booed away after a speech in one of the most controversial moments in the history of Oscars.

Oscars: Academy apologises to Native American actress Sacheen Littlefeather after 50 years

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Sacheen Littlefeather who had rejected Marlon Brando's 1973 Oscars was not Native, claim her sisters

Sacheen Littlefeather's sisters accuse late actress of lying about native ancestry

Sacheen Littlefeather, who famously declined Marlon Brando's Oscar, passes away at 75

Oscars: Academy apologises to Native American actress Sacheen Littlefeather after 50 years