"I was willing to do this because I knew that my ancestors would be behind me and before me and surrounding me." Meeting Mother Teresa "I knew that if you speak the truth, the truth will last beyond the time of eternity," she said. I was pushed in," she said, explaining that while her acting life might have ended, she was able to move on to even more meaningful work. Littlefeather says she was rejected by the Hollywood establishment after her Oscars speech, but had no regrets. marshals surrounded them for what would become a 71-day standoff. Members of the American Indian Movement came in to support and draw attention to the mistreatment of Indigenous peoples by federal and local governments.The FBI and U.S. Elders from the Oglala Sioux tribe, who were unhappy with the local tribal government, had occupied the village that was the site of the 1890 Wounded Knee massacre. officials in South Dakota that was going on at the time. Littlefeather had also mentioned the occupation of Wounded Knee, the American Indian Movement's stand-off with U.S. WATCH | Brando says the Oscar audience just didn't want Littlefeather to be there: I kept that pretty well hidden," she said. "I never talked to anybody about the fact that I was talking to Marlon Brando. Federal Communications Commission about Indigenous people on screen - how children "were being miseducated about who we really are."Īs she continued her work over the next year, the two continued their conversations. It was just about our interests together in the Native American stereotype."Īt the time, she was preparing reports for the U.S. "It wasn't about film and it wasn't about the industry per se. Littlefeather said they laughed like old friends and spoke for an hour, and then kept right on talking regularly in the ensuing weeks and months. She was right, and says she told him, 'It sure as hell took you a long time to call! You beat Indian time all to hell!'" Oscars would be 'big' but possibly 'bad' "And the voice said, 'I bet you don't know who this is.' And I said, 'Sure, I do.' He said, 'Well, who is it?' And I said, 'This is Marlon Brando.'" "I picked up the phone and this voice came on," Littlefeather recounted. "There was a little spark inside that said no, I'll hear from him one of these days. (Paramount Pictures via The Associated Press) Littlefeather and Brando struck up a friendship over their shared interest in Native American issues.
A close-up of Marlon Brando from an image from the 1972 film The Godfather.
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