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what was extraordinary about his performance, I feel, is the contrast of the tough-guy front and the extreme delicacy and gentle cast of his behavior. What other actor, when his brother draws a pistol to force him to do something shameful, would put his hand on the gun and push it away with the gentleness of a caress? Who else could read "Oh, Charlie!" in a tone of reproach that is so loving and so melancholy and suggests the terrific depth of pain?... If there is a better performance by a man in the history of film in America, I don't know what it is. [37] The Best Actor award was presented by Norwegian actress Liv Ullmann and British actor Roger Moore. After giving brief remarks and announcing the five nominees, they declared Brando as the winner. Littlefeather walked onto the stage and raised her hand to decline the Oscar trophy that Moore offered her. Deviating from the prepared speech, she said the following: [66] Sacheen Littlefeather". shamanismconference.org. The Society of Indigenous and Ancestral Wisdom and Healing. Archived from the original on August 18, 2022 . Retrieved April 24, 2022. a b "Sacheen Littlefeather". The Creative Woman. Governors State University. 8 (3): 47. Fall 1987 – via CARLI Digital Collections.

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In interviews, Littlefeather said she had a difficult childhood. In a 1974 interview, she stated that her mother left her father when she was four and took her to live with her maternal grandparents. [30] In 1988, she stated that her parents lived next door to her maternal grandparents, Marie and Gerold "Barney" Barnitz, while she and her two younger sisters lived with those grandparents. [31] She characterized this as either being "adopted", [26] or in foster care. [32] During a 1976 television interview she described her father as abusive. [33] She said her mother and two sisters were subject to their father's rage and beatings. [34]

Orange, Tommy (October 28, 2019). "A Letter to Marlon Brando About Putting an Indian on the Oscar Stage". The Nation. Archived from the original on October 3, 2022 . Retrieved October 2, 2022. a b Medina, Eduardo; Levenson, Michael (October 29, 2022). "Sacheen Littlefeather and the Question of Native Identity". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on October 29, 2022 . Retrieved October 29, 2022.