Since Littlefeather’s death in Novato on Oct. 2 at age 75, Trudi Orlandi, and another sister, Rosalind Cruz, have ignited an uproar in Native American circles by alleging their estranged activist s…
Sacheen Littlefeather was giddy as she hung up the phone in her San Francisco apartment in March of 1973. The caller was Marlon Brando, she told her younger sister, Trudy Orlandi, and he had asked Littlefeather to appear on his behalf at the Academy Awards the following night, in case he won the best actor award for “The Godfather.”
FILE - Sacheen Littlefeather, a Native American activist, tells the audience at the Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, March 27, 1973, that Marlon Brando was declining to accept his Oscar as best actor for his role in "The Godfather." Sacheen Littlefeather died Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022, at her home in Marin County, Calif. She was 75.
Trudy Orlandi keeps of her sister Maria Cruz in the second grade at her home in San Anselmo, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. Marie would later become famous as Native American activist Sacheen Littlefeather. Activist Sacheen Littlefeather attends teh Q&A at the SAG President's National Task Force For American Indians & NBC Universal Premiere Screening Of "Reel indian" & "American Indian Actors" At LA Skins Fest on November 20, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.
The allegations emerged into public view in October when Native American journalist Jacqueline Keeler published an investigation into the Mexican ancestry of Littlefeather’s California-born father, Manuel Cruz. Keeler is known for her aggressive efforts to out alleged “Pretendians,” people who falsely claim to be Native American. Her research, which included records going back to 1850, uncovered no ties between the Cruz family of Mexico and the White Mountain Apache and Yaqui tribes.
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