CA), a reading of the Academy’s letter of apology, Native American Indian performances, and a conversation between Littlefeather and Academy Member, producer, and co-chair of the Academy’s Indigenous Alliance Bird Runningwater (Cheyenne/Mescalero Apache/NM). The evening’s program will include a land acknowledgement courtesy of Virginia Carmelo (Tongva/So. The event, programmed by Sacheen Littlefeather and produced by Academy Museum Vice President of Education and Public Engagement Amy Homma, is part of the museum’s ongoing dedication to create programs and exhibitions in partnership with film artists and communities that illuminate the entertainment industry’s past and pave the way for meaningful change in its future. We hope our event on September 17 offers Sacheen and our audiences a moment of collective healing and a new path forward.”Īn Evening with Sacheen Littlefeather will encourage reflection on the historic evening in 1973 and focus on a future founded on healing and celebration. Our thanks go out to Bird Runningwater and Heather Rae for helping us foster our cherished relationship with Sacheen. Jacqueline Stewart, Director and President of the Academy Museum, said, “We are delighted and humbled that Sacheen has so generously chosen to engage with the museum and Academy to reflect upon her trying experience at the 1973 Academy Awards. I am so proud of each and every person who will appear on stage.” It is profoundly heartening to see how much has changed since I did not accept the Academy Award 50 years ago. “I never thought I’d live to see the day for this program to take place, featuring such wonderful Native performers and Bird Runningwater, a television and film producer who also guided the Sundance Institute’s commitment to Indigenous filmmakers for twenty years through the Institute’s Labs and Sundance Film Festival. It’s our method of survival,” said Littlefeather. “Regarding the Academy’s apology to me, we Indians are very patient people-it’s only been 50 years! We need to keep our sense of humor about this at all times. In June, Littlefeather was presented with a statement of apology, signed by former Academy President David Rubin. Littlefeather’s speech is highlighted in the museum’s Academy Awards History gallery, and she was interviewed this spring by Jacqueline Stewart, Director and President of the Academy Museum, for the Academy Museum Podcast episode “ Marlon Brando Cannot Accept this Very Generous Award” about the 1973 Oscars®, the Academy’s A.frame article, and a Visual History as part of the Academy’s Oral History Projects (to be released in September 2022). This moment resulted in her being professionally boycotted, personally attacked and harassed, and discriminated against for the last 50 years. She also brought attention to the 1973 Wounded Knee protest in South Dakota.
At his request, Littlefeather did not accept Brando’s Best Actor award for The Godfather and gave a passionate 60-second speech regarding the stereotypes of Native Americans in the entertainment industry. In 1973, Sacheen Littlefeather, a member of the Screen Actors Guild, became the first Native woman to stand onstage at the Academy Awards® ceremony, on behalf of Marlon Brando. The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures announced today An Evening with Sacheen Littlefeather, a very special program of conversation, reflection, healing, and celebration with Sacheen Littlefeather (Apache/Yaqui/AZ) on September 17, 2022. THE ACADEMY MUSEUM WELCOMES SACHEEN LITTLEFEATHER
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