USA HISTORY

FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINS OF EARLY PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
For what movie did Sachem Little Feather accept the academy award for in place of the Best Actor.
A
300
B
Pulp Fiction
C
Silence of the Lambs
D
The Godfather
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Sacheen Littlefeather (Apache/Yaqui/Ariz.), the Native American actress and activist who took to the stage at the 1973 Academy Awards to reveal that Marlon Brando would not accept his Oscar for The Godfather, has died. She was 75.

Detailed explanation-2: -The actress was booed at the Academy Awards in 1973 after she refused the best actor award on Marlon Brando’s behalf in protest of Hollywood’s depictions of Native Americans.

Detailed explanation-3: -"It’s disgusting to the heritage of the tribal people. And it’s just … insulting to my parents.” During her Oscars speech, Littlefeather said Brando was turning down his award because of the treatment of American Indians by the film and TV industry as well as protests at Wounded Knee in South Dakota at the time.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sacheen Littlefeather, activist who declined Marlon Brando’s Oscar, dies at 75. She famously took to the stage when the actor won his Academy Award for The Godfather in 1973.

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