Sacheen Littlefeather, of the Apache and Yaqui nation, gave this speech in 1973 when Marlon Brando asked her to talk about the treatment of Native Americans in place of accepting his Academy Award. She graciously said, “he very regretfully cannot accept this very generous award. And the reasons for this being are the treatment of American Indians today by the film industry – excuse me – and on television in movie reruns, and also with recent happenings at Wounded Knee. I beg at this time that I