Posted on 10/22/2022 4:43:19 PM PDT by artichokegrower
In 1973, Sacheen Littlefeather - claiming to be a member of the Apache Nation, delivered a speech on Marlon Brando's behalf at the Academy Awards The actress and activist, who died earlier this month, spent her lifetime lying about her heritage, which her sisters say is Mexican A report in the San Francisco Chronicle says Littlefeather had no Native American relations and began calling herself native sometime in the late 1960s Prior to her death, The Academy formally apologized to Littlefeather - she accepted at an event in person, to which she wore traditional Native clothing
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Are “Mexicans” not “Native Americans”?
I’m sure plenty of Mexicans have native blood in them.
She was ripping off Indians before libtards made it cool.
A real groundbreaker ahead of her time
I was born here. I’m native American.
I think they are talking about the classic native American... cowboys and indians..
Yeah, but not Apache.
Sister Little Liar
Almost all Mexicans have at least some Native American blood. In “Littlefeather’s” case, she claimed to have Apache and Yaqui blood. While it’s possible for a Mexican to have Apache or Yaqui blood (both tribes historically straddled the Mexico/US border) her father is said to be from the Mexico City area— too far south for either tribe.
In her defense, she had a better claim to indian heritage than Elizabeth Warren ever did.
I’m a born native American (3rd Generation American of Chinese descent); 100% pure Chinese, unvaxed blood.
This was a scam from the start....very Smollettesque. It’s been going on since the beginning of time. People co-opting a victimhood cause to better their personal life at the expense of those they are impersonating.
She’s not Apache. A lot of Mexicans have some European ancestry.
A Pretendian like Fauxcahontas Warren, Little Buffalo Wings Cortez, and Cherilyn Sarkisian. aka “Cher” which is short for Cherokee.
Why not have DNA testing?
I was thinking the same...At least Ms Littlefeather didn’t use it to gain a job at Harvard...
Who knows. If we are going to make government handout and set aside decisions based on the percentage of DNA a person has from different groups we will increasingly be mired in this pit of contradictions.
Pierce Bronson stared in a movie “Gray Owl” about an English fellow who claimed to be an indigenous Canadian. He became a symbol for conservation.
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