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Sacheen Littlefeather’s sisters said that the activist thought identifying as Native American was more 'prestigious' than acknowledging her Hispanic heritage.
(LifeSiteNews) – An Indigenous rights activist has been exposed after her recent death for lying to the world about her supposed Native American heritage.
The late Sacheen Littlefeather, best-known for rejecting Marlon Brando’s 1973 Academy Award on his behalf, has recently been outed by her family as an “ethnic fraud.”
The biological sisters of Littlefeather, whose real name was Marie Louise Cruz, exposed her indigenous identity as fraudulent in an interview with Jacqueline Keeler, a Native American writer and activist. Littlefeather’s biological sisters said that they identify primarily as “Spanish” and that Littlefeather had lied about her Indigenous roots.
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Iconic left-wing 'Native American' activist exposed as ethnic fraud by her own sisters - LifeSite
(LifeSiteNews) – An Indigenous rights activist has been exposed after her recent death for lying to the world about her supposed Native American heritage.
The late Sacheen Littlefeather, best-known for rejecting Marlon Brando’s 1973 Academy Award on his behalf, has recently been outed by her family as an “ethnic fraud.”
The biological sisters of Littlefeather, whose real name was Marie Louise Cruz, exposed her indigenous identity as fraudulent in an interview with Jacqueline Keeler, a Native American writer and activist. Littlefeather’s biological sisters said that they identify primarily as “Spanish” and that Littlefeather had lied about her Indigenous roots.
Continued below.
Iconic left-wing 'Native American' activist exposed as ethnic fraud by her own sisters - LifeSite
