Sacheen Littlefeather dead - carried out coup at the Oscars

In 1973 Sacheen Littlefeather would receive Marlon Brando's Oscar for his role in "The Godfather".

But Brando and Littlefeather had agreed that, once on stage, she would not accept the statuette but instead read a speech about how Native Americans were treated in the film industry.

When Sacheen Littlefeather took the Oscars stage in 1973, she was the first Native American woman to ever stand there.

During her minute-long speech, she received both applause and boos, and in June this year the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which organizes the Oscars, apologized to Littlefeather for the aftermath of her speech - Littlefeather accepted the apology in August this year.

When Sacheen Littlefeather was recently interviewed by Variety, she said:

“When I left the stage, I did it with courage, honor, dignity and truth.

I did it the same way my ancestors and indigenous women do things.”

Sacheen Littlefeather lived to be 75 years old and had for some time suffered from breast cancer.

Watch Sacheen Littlefeather's speech in the clip.