Sacheen Littlefeather's sisters claim she is not Native American

[DigitalDrifter]

Okay, but has anyone asked what native expert Liz Warren thinks?

In 1973, actress Sacheen Littlefeather stepped on stage at the Oscars on behalf of Marlon Brando, identifying herself as a member of the Apache tribe and turning down his award because of the way Native Americans were treated in the U.S. Now, her two sisters are saying she lied — their family is not Native American.
Littlefeather, who died earlier this month at age 75, was active in the Native American Bay Area community. During her speech at the Oscars, she said she was president of the National Native American Affirmative Image Committee. In an interview published in a San Francisco Chronicle opinion column over the weekend, her biological sisters, Rosalind Cruz and Trudy Orlandi, said Littlefeather did not tell the truth that night.

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[OhPleaseJustQuit]

Okay, but has anyone asked what native expert Liz Warren thinks?

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She doesn't look the least bit "Native" to me.

 

[DudleySmith]

This is really old news. We knew about that a month after the awards show. Brando was pretty much a gullible moron dopehead.

 

[DudleySmith]

A lot of Mexicans try to pass themselves off as some Indian tribe or other. In other news, several of the eastern tribes have genreations of members with zero Indian blood, having been adopted into the tribes. John Ross, the crooked Chief who took some $5 million from Andrew Jackson to relocate to Oklahoma then welched on the deal was primarily responsible for the 'Tail Of Tears', was only one eighth Cherokee, and quite a few blacks were also members of the Cherokee and Chicasaw and other southeastern tribes. Don't know about the western tribes but would doubt it was common with them compared to the eastern tribes.

Of course when indian casinos were allowed all kinds of 'natives' came out of the woodwork.

 

[OhPleaseJustQuit]

A lot of Mexicans try to pass themselves off and some Indian tribe or other.

My asshole Japanese brother-in-law used to pass himself off as an indian so he could take advantage of Native Only fishing rights.

 

[Hellokitty]

Her sisters sound transphobic.