Native American actress and activist Sacheen Littlefeather, who died earlier this month at the age of 75, has been exposed as an ethnic fraud by her two sisters.

Now, her two sisters are saying she lied — their family is not Native American. Littlefeather, who died earlier this month at age 75, was active in the Native American Bay Area community.

Now, her two sisters are saying she lied — their family is not Native American. Littlefeather, who died earlier this month at age 75, was active in the Native American Bay Area community.

She said that many Native people understand the complexity of identity because of multiple tribal affiliations, blood quantum restrictions and adoptions, but that “Littlefeather does not fall ...

Native American writer Jacqueline Keeler has published a San Francisco Chronicle piece alleging Littlefeather co-opted Indigenous ancestry to further her entertainment career.

In an explosive new interview, the sisters of Sacheen Littlefeather have claimed the late activist was a liar and a fraud — and not Native at all. Speaking separately to the San Francisco ...

An opinion article by Jacqueline Keeler claiming Sacheen Littlefeather was not Native American has stirred up complicated emotions for Native people.

Sacheen Littlefeather ’s legacy of activism was cemented with her appearance at the 1973 Academy Awards, where she took the stage on Marlon Brando’s behalf to speak against the widespread ...

Sacheen Littlefeather – the Native American activist renowned for declining Marlon Brando’s Oscar for “The Godfather” and who died earlier this month – was not in fact Native American ...

Trudy Orlandi and Rosalind Cruz claimed that their sister Sacheen Littlefeather — who famously refused Marlon Brando's Oscar on his behalf in 1973 — was an "ethnic fraud" and not Native American.