Hollywood is trying to reconcile with Native Americans.
Representing the indigenous people of the United States, the Apachen Sacheen Littlefeather, at a ceremony over the weekend, accepted an apology from the American Film Academy, which admitted a few weeks ago that it had overlooked the tribes for decades.
Almost 50 years ago, Littlefeather caused a scandal at the Oscars when she took the stage at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles in place of Marlon Brando.
The actor, who was nominated for best actor in the mafia drama The Godfather, commissioned Littlefeather to draw attention to the film industry's failures towards indigenous people and the conflicts on reservations at the time.
When Littlefeather took the stage in a leather dress and traditional headdress during the television broadcast, the audience responded with boos.
Meanwhile, an angry John Wayne attempted to storm the stage.
"I had to promise Marlon not to touch the Oscar," recalled the Apache, who is in a wheelchair after suffering from cancer, and is now in the Film Academy Museum at the 1973 awards ceremony had to give up.
David Rubin, the former head of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, had asked for an apology a few months ago.
"The film academy and the entire industry are at a turning point," he said.