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Sacheen Littlefeather, Indigenous actress who refused Oscar, dies

Sacheen Littlefeather on stage at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on September 17, 2022 in Los Angeles, California, the United States [File: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images]

Sacheen Littlefeather, an Indigenous US civil rights activist who campaigned against the mistreatment of Native Americans in the movie industry, has died at 75.

The news was announced on Sunday by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which in August apologised to Littlefeather for the abuse she endured when she took a stand in the 1970s against anti-Indigenous racism in the United States film industry.

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