Sacheen Littlefeather reads the Oscar's speech for Marlon Brando she wasn't allowed to give
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- Опубликовано: 24 фев 2019
- At the 1973 Academy Awards, Native American actress stepped in to turn down the Oscar for Marlon Brando. She only had 60 seconds and was not able to read her entire speech. Until this day on Native Trailblazers radio. FULL TRANSCRIPT HERE:
"For 200 years we have said to the Indian people who are fighting for their land, their life, their families and their right to be free: ''Lay down your arms, my friends, and then we will remain together. Only if you lay down your arms, my friends, can we then talk of peace and come to an agreement which will be good for you.''
When they laid down their arms, we murdered them. We lied to them. We cheated them out of their lands. We starved them into signing fraudulent agreements that we called treaties which we never kept. We turned them into beggars on a continent that gave life for as long as life can remember. And by any interpretation of history, however twisted, we did not do right. We were not lawful nor were we just in what we did. For them, we do not have to restore these people, we do not have to live up to some agreements, because it is given to us by virtue of our power to attack the rights of others, to take their property, to take their lives when they are trying to defend their land and liberty, and to make their virtues a crime and our own vices virtues.
But there is one thing which is beyond the reach of this perversity and that is the tremendous verdict of history. And history will surely judge us. But do we care? What kind of moral schizophrenia is it that allows us to shout at the top of our national voice for all the world to hear that we live up to our commitment when every page of history and when all the thirsty, starving, humiliating days and nights of the last 100 years in the lives of the American Indian contradict that voice?
It would seem that the respect for principle and the love of one's neighbor have become dysfunctional in this country of ours, and that all we have done, all that we have succeeded in accomplishing with our power is simply annihilating the hopes of the newborn countries in this world, as well as friends and enemies alike, that we're not humane, and that we do not live up to our agreements.
Perhaps at this moment you are saying to yourself what the hell has all this got to do with the Academy Awards? Why is this woman standing up here, ruining our evening, invading our lives with things that don't concern us, and that we don't care about? Wasting our time and money and intruding in our homes.
I think the answer to those unspoken questions is that the motion picture community has been as responsible as any for degrading the Indian and making a mockery of his character, describing his as savage, hostile and evil. It's hard enough for children to grow up in this world. When Indian children watch television, and they watch films, and when they see their race depicted as they are in films, their minds become injured in ways we can never know.
Recently there have been a few faltering steps to correct this situation, but too faltering and too few, so I, as a member in this profession, do not feel that I can as a citizen of the United States accept an award here tonight. I think awards in this country at this time are inappropriate to be received or given until the condition of the American Indian is drastically altered. If we are not our brother's keeper, at least let us not be his executioner.
I would have been here tonight to speak to you directly, but I felt that perhaps I could be of better use if I went to Wounded Knee to help forestall in whatever way I can the establishment of a peace which would be dishonorable as long as the rivers shall run and the grass shall grow.
I would hope that those who are listening would not look upon this as a rude intrusion, but as an earnest effort to focus attention on an issue that might very well determine whether or not this country has the right to say from this point forward we believe in the inalienable rights of all people to remain free and independent on lands that have supported their life beyond living memory.
(Thank you for your kindness and your courtesy to Miss Littlefeather.) Thank you and good night.
A disgrace the way the Native People were treated in their own homeland. History has never told us the truth.... I have such respect for the way Native Americans treated the land... too bad we didn’t pay attention.. we would have learned so much.
Laugh my ass off! They weren't perfect, either. No race is without flaws.
@@valuecalc you filthy piece of shit!!! u r just another son of immigrant
@@kevien , you're the foreigner, arshad.
@@valuecalc what the fuck is wrong with you
..yeah! You are ABSOLUTELY CORRECT! Think about that the next time you set foot into an Indian casino!
That 2 minutes Little feather spoke that night was the most loving, eloquent words, from a beautiful people, represented by the most beautiful soul of a women. She is and was a credit to her people, and the United States she was trying to be a part of. I'm speechless.........
This should be taught in schools,its that important.
The only thing taunt in school are lies, you have no clue what the powers that be have done and lied about
@@GS-fk8dw Yes there is much corruption usually by who is in charge.
@@GS-fk8dw paranoid much?
@@a01252 Naive much?
@@soulsearch1234 yes
No news station or radio station wanted this speech broadcast until 2018. Wow.
Unfortunately.
@@NellieKAdaba WHAAAAT?!!!! THE AF? (SORRY BUT NOT SORRY) I'm completely shocked 😮😡
Thanks for sharing. You Tube has been a WONDERFUL tool for things like this!
That's a very powerful speech. I'm not a Native American but I don't think one should have to be to hear and know the truth behind those words, even after all this time. That just gave me chills. The truth hurts, it isn't pretty or easy to face but it's the truth nonetheless and should be told as such... Thanks for sharing this! ✌🏼💪🏼💖
Yes very true the truth always hurts
@Carla - Both my parents' families came to North America from Europe in the early 1900s.
I was born on the West Coast of the usA, that makes me a "native" of this country, a native American - and I'm damn proud of it! 😁👍
If you were born in the usA, that makes you a native as well, a native American.
If anyone tells you otherwise, THEY'RE WRONG!!!
She wasn't native American either
@@Slasher2005 Agreed. I was going to say the same thing.
Well she not native american as well ... so she deserves nothing
The algorithm for this needs to go up people need to see this
We Irish, emphatise with the Native American Indian. We both walked the Trail of Tears and will never forget.
Came here with the same thought. The grace shown by Native Americans over the centuries through all their suffering is so inspiring. We Irish have so much in common with them. The aid they sent us during the Great Hunger springs to mind. Amazing people 💚
Didn't know about that
Unfortunately as someone who was raised on a native reservation, this fact still is unrecognized. To some Native people both young and old "white" is still "white" in their eyes. It is still very disappointing and extremely disingenuous to still hear this coming from native people.
The only trail you walked on was leading you to a Starbucks. Shut the f up.
@@westnilekyle Change your name, please. It might help. Kyle means 'narrow'.
I'm not surprised that the press didn't want to hear the speech afterwards, even though she offered to.
This is the 1st time I heard this speech from Brando. I am so humbled by this speech and it makes me look back at my personal journey of what our people have gone through. Will Smith has opened another dialogue about violence during these award shows. Without his incident, I wouldn't of come across this powerful speech from Brando.
Brando wasn't some kind of hero for writing this speech, and that's coming from a Native American woman-- don't ever forget that he raped his costar on film during Last Tango in Paris. One good deed in 73 doesn't automatically absolve him of something horribly unspeakable that he did only a year beforehand.
The real hero here is Sacheen for getting up on that stage in the face of so much racism. That's what took real courage.
I'm reading this for a school speech in 3 days
How did the speech go William?
@@VinceSchilling He's dead.
@@pablofreigeist most probably
what an honorable move Marlon Brando did with his given opportunity.....
poppyhimbo , and years later he bashed Jews.
@@kidmack1121 , same fucking thing.
@@valuecalc
@Pizza Pie
Not all Israelis are "Jews"
There are Jewish people that are Israelis citizens but definitely do NOT support their government's enmity with Palestine.
There's a Brando interview here on YT regarding the subject...
I haven't watched it yet, but I will soon, and I will be more than surprised to hear that he bashed "Jews" and not Israel.
@@kidmack1121 , the point is that Brando bashed Jews. Mixing the races can cause tension.
@@valuecalc
"Problems" of "race mixing" I don't see that...
I LOVE THE AUDIENCE THAT CLAPPED FOR HER TO KEEP GOING.
ruclips.net/video/2QUacU0I4yU/видео.html -- Marlon Brando's Oscar® win for "The Godfather" (2 mins. 21 sec.) - by: Oscars on
Oct 2, 2008; 12,745,436 views; Sacheen Littlefeather refuses to accept the Best Actor Oscar® on behalf of Marlon Brando for his performance in "The Godfather" at the 45th annual Academy Awards® in 1973. Liv Ullmann and Roger Moore presented the award.
"Let Her Speak..."
So many reasons Marlon Brando is a Legend, along with Sacheen Littlefeather. Much love! Peace! ✌💓✊🌹
Yes! 👍🏾
"If i am not my brothers keeper, than at least let me not be his executioner!" Incredible speech and incredibly accurate!
Thank you Sacheen Littlefeather.love and rest in peace Marlon Brando.
This speech is so powerful!! This speaks so much to real situations continuing in 2022. This speech is from 1973!! I think that speaks volumes of how little change we've actually seen. Nobody has enough spine to speak up about important information or even accurate information anymore. It's sick. I hate to think the life I live, has been lived 1000x before.
What a disgrace that she was unable to read that speech in 1973 while Marlon Brando was at Wounded Kneed standing up for the native peoples. What respect instead of disgust and horror John Wayne would have gained by treating Sacheen Littlefeather with dignity and honor instead of repudiating her act of courage.
Kar, Brand criticized Jews.
Your a troll
ruclips.net/video/2QUacU0I4yU/видео.html here it is at the Oscars. She did deliver it. This video makes it seem like she was stopped.
John Wayne was racist
@@valuecalc "criticized Jews" ??? I'm confused, are they the Jews who immediately began to expand the Borders of the Country they were given the very same year (1948) it was founded? The same Jews that have settled Israel with just Jews to create a racial purity (gee, where have I heard that before?) at the expense of the American Taxpayers? The same Jews who alter News coverage inside the USA to refer to land stolen from Palestinians as "occupied territories" and genocide against Palestinians as "fighting broke out"?
Get up to speed on current events BEFORE you comment.
So glad to listen, for first time, Marlon Brando's rejection speech read by Sacheen Littlefeather since she was not allowed to do it in the Oscars, on March 30, 1973. Can you believe it took 45 years to be first aired on TV or radio? WTF?. And the plus for me: I was born in 1973, the discourse was first aired on my birthday (March 23, 2018), the very same day I was blatantly segregated at work and posted on FB: "a veces es mejor el silencio" (sometime it is better to keep silent) rather than reacting rudely, and the presenter 45 years before quoted Ingmar Bergman on TV: "Often to be most eloquent is to be silent". Time to speak and act has come. I am part native Indian from South America. Long life and power to natives
my first son mother is half Carib.
my mother's last brother's mother, was Carib.
my first son's daughter's mother is native Canadian.
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I'm using it for a presentation for my English exam
If there is any way I can help - let me know - my email is on my Twitter profile twitter.com/VinceSchilling
I come from the land of the Taino People in the Caribbean. They also we slaughtered by Columbus and the French. The deep attachment I have for my indigenous ancestors is so magical.
Thank you for sharing this video.
The f-ed up-ness of this whole country is sickening.
I keep thinking, how can you live with wanting to help/change/make peace with the world when this whole country is filled with blood and betrayal, unable and unwilling to come to term and address the history? I just...😔
The Americas is a fighting force for the people who sent Columbus. they were then and still are. You have all been given rights to guns so no one can come in and take over.
The caribs also slaughtered the Taino people, why do you defend some?
I thought Comlumbus and his men had slaughtered all of them.
That is so cool that you survived , or rather your ancestors survived that.
The conquisadors were brutal along with Christopher Columbus chopping off the arms and legs of the natives who did not supply them with enough resources such as food and gold.
Along with the raping of the natives babies were also tossed to the hounds to devour. Hence, why C.C. was grounded by the Queen to not set foot on the Americas again after word had gotten back to her of the atrocities. And why a lot of natives were baptized into Cathilocism and given Spanish surnames.
Once, baptized natives were seen as human and having a soul.
@@jerrypeukert5732 and they came together when it was time
@@cacikeel1349 Why one acceptable?
I have ALWAYS had extreme respect for Marlon Brando because of his amazing courage, well-intentions & profound humanity. I think this was all part of the amazing attraction toward Marlon in the minds, hearts & souls of so many fans of his.. & I am one of them. John Francis Phillips. Jr.
I'm here to finally hear the entire speech after all this time.
I watched it live as an 11 year old, with my Mother.
I remember being disappointed in not seeing Marlon Brando accept the award and then being proud of his reasoning and even prouder of his selection of a spokesperson...
She was magnificent!
I'm also here to see if as far back as then, there was any mention of the derogatory naming of sports teams.
I knew that Stanford University had gotten in step after being made aware by Native students and A.I.M. by finally changing their mascot name, but I couldn't remember if the professional teams had been requested to do the same.
The important part is that I believe that the tone is there and it is covered in the speech without specifically calling out each of those teams or any of them, when she states that Native children are affected by their negative depictions on television.
If I had remembered Eastwood's backhanded remark immediately following Sacheen's appearance; I would've self boycotted his films over the last fifty years too, just as I have with Wayne's and Reagan's.
😮😮😮 WHAT?!!! GD I luv Eastwood's talent and movies. I had no idea 😟 SMH Truly, not sure how I can watch them now.
She is such a beautiful example for all tribes and nations
6:28 “Thank you for your kindness and your courtesy to Miss Littlefeather” if only...
Someone should purchase that original document from her or whomever has it and donate to the Smithsonian.
I remember this as a teenager and will never forget this, powerful speech.
Marlon Brando was a complicated and flawed man, but he was right on with this speech. It's just too bad people in Hollywood at the time were not receptive to it.
were so lucky to have RUclips to get the full story
I am so gratefull that Sacheen has gotten and accepted the Apology from the Academy that she should have gotten a long time ago! Wado Vincent and Delores for your show and for putting this on youtube.
Thank you for reading it for us now Ms Littlefeather!
Watching this in 2022 from the other side of the world and am also speechless. Marlon had great words for his time. God Bless you for sharing.
it takes on even more meaning in 2020 doesn't it?
also 2021
May 12, 2022 3:28 pm
Black American descendants of slavery are owed the same🙏🏽
If that wasnt the most Godfather move, I dunno what is. Respect to Marlon and Sacheen.
Just with her looks, she should've been a bigger star. I have no doubt she was blacklisted for doing something that today would be considered completely uncontroversial.
So moving! So true! Makes me cry.
It is very strange to think back to your education only to realize that much of it was disinformation, or misinformation.
@Stella Jones I'm compelled to make a comment here. It's just SO appropriate to have you (Ms. Stella Jones) tell us of your experience; Stella & Brando 🙂
I’m here 2022 ma littlefeather bless you power
That's my grandma's friend
M a l i y a h S a n c h e z I hope she's living or lived a long good life ✌️
@@jennifermcgoldrick6323 its a lie
bc of her, that night, i first heard of the book, which i eventually bought and read.
did i shed many tears and anger reading it.
also, so was born my empathy for all natives, worldwide, and i eventually got my first tattoo, in ode of all natives, on my left arm, of a native woman and a wolf, which i am still very proud of.
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@VincentShcilling - THANK YOU !!! STAND STRONG !!!
first time hearing this ..thanx to whom every posted this
I'm glad I found YOUR post. Not the one that was stolen from you. Thanks for posting and for letting us hear this.
I am so proud of your bravery. Free Leonard Peltier!!!!
Thanks so so much for posting! So grateful to been able to hear the moving speech. Incredibly well written too.
I will read this on air. Very soon. I will pay homage to this culture and Marlon.
thanks for posting this important piece of our history!
Love ❤️ respect warrior woman powerful
Wow, this is amazing!! Why am I just now finding this?!?!
I’m so thankful for this! I never knew of this story.
Thank you for letting us know. Ahé’hee 🌱
If she still alive she should be allowed to read that letter on live next year 2023 Oscar
This speech needs to be comemorated and written on a honorable Marlon Brando s statue .
I remember this. I was too young to understand. What I do remember is my mom in the background saying this is all true, but maybe a different time and place for this speech would be better. Years later, looking back, the public wasn't ready. Maybe now they would have been. Poor Little Feather. That wasn't fair to her.
Vincent, thank you so much for posting Sacheen’s reading of the Brando’s speech she was not allowed to give. This is the first time I’ve heard it and I am in tears. I understand there is a documentary on her and that moment at the Oscar’s. Do you know where I might find it?
I have heard about it as well ... I'll look into it.
try googling it, fir it may come up.
nobody at the oscars (1973? or 1974?) wanted to hear what marlon brando wrote and wanted the world to hear?
They booed sacheen. John Wayne had to be restricted by 6 men because he wanted to fight her and pull her off the stage.
@@WilliamMohamad-uv5fi POS John Wayne.....really showed his true colors
bird718 John Wayne was a racist he said derogatory remarks in reference to Blacks and Native American
DA'KNIGHT38 , I'm sure they trash-talked him.
The producer of the show that year threatened to have her arrested and cuffed if she stayed on for longer than 60 seconds
My God. Why don't more people kno... I will share now.
Native Americans, their indomitable 'spirit' will live forever in my heart, as a young boy I was "blessed" by a member of one of their community at Girvan on a visit there with my grandfather, whom I looked up to , don't know much more about that, but it had an affect on me as much that I know they are a very important people & that I love them very much 🏴🔥
Thank you
Respect from India!!
She had one minute onstage, and was threatened to be forcibly taken offstage and arrested if longer.
Still powerful on 10.03.2021
How can the booing be possible( in the original Oscar ceremony)
It makes me angry, all the terrible things done to Native Americans in their OWN LANDS
The booing was the interruption of the fantasy for a moment of reality .. The quote went something like that From Marlon Brando ...
I know
Nobody owned the land not even the Native Americans.
Same with the aborigines
@@scottkendall7789 just like you dont own your own house lol
Thank you, Marlon Brando and Sacheen Littelfeather.
It brakes my heart to hear this knowing the suffering that they endured and TIL this day many people are oblivious to their suffering an the destruction they went through.
thank you for posting this . I always wondered what it was she was going to read. Can not believe it took this long to be read out . Thank you
Thanks for the note Ted ... yes, we were floored she had never read it before. Definitely a historic moment.
Winnipeg Manitoba Canada 🇨🇦
I love this brother.
Thank You for sharing this speech in it's entirety. Gilakas'la from Kwakwakawkw traditional territory, North Vancouver Island, BC, Canada, the lands I respectfully share with Indigenious friends and neighbours. 💗☀️💗
Glad you enjoyed it!
Too be fair, everyone only got 120 seconds bc of tv restrictions.
She was so dignified & respectful in how she approached Sir Roger Moore & spoke on that stage. At least most applauded.
Watta class act🤩💚
It‘s so sad that Marlon Brando did this so that all eyes and attention would be directed to this problem! And now barely any people remember this and haven’t even heard the full speech!
John Wayne is known to have been very racist. He also smoked 4 packs of cigarrettes a day.
a proper douche
@@PilgrimEnge ...and also a Woman...look into it....all the 'men' are 'women' and vic-a-versa. Much evidence is available for this assertion his real name was Marion...
John Wayne was a pig racist. He LOOOOOVED killing all those Native Americans in his movies.
@@jondunmore4268 , natives killed others, too.
@@valuecalc -- Natives killed in self-defense, or to protect their territory or food supply.
This would have shut that show the f down quick.
yep.
It is terrible what they have done n I am so sorry. It seems they only give n allow things that hurt us. What a sad world we live in
You can see the lady in the stage feeling the bad energies from the audience ..
Her Courage was/is beyond most people I know, starting with myself ✊🤝
Beautiful. Plains cree from Onion Lake First Nations and proud.
Can wait to hear it again next month when The Academy will honor her praise God and all Indigenous people .
Grande Marlon Brando... I didn't know this has happened. So proud of both of them.
It was a proud moment! Marlon Brando was a true friend of the American Indian movement.
😭❤️
Bravo to Marlon and Sachsen!
This is a paradigm shift and needs to be heard by many, many people to change our perispective on ideas like "humanity" and "civilisation"
Wow that’s really incredible I wish we could of had the video , many respects to you and all your people I’ve never been ashamed to be British in my life then I did after learning about this
That's kind of you to say but Jade you don't have to be ashamed of who you are. You didn't do it. I'm proud of who you are because as a person you're willing to listen and learn and that's what it's all about so thank you for that.
@@VinceSchilling thank you very much for replying and thanks for your kind words and yes I agree if we all listened abit more we would learn alot more and open our eyes to new thinks thats going on in this world or has gone on that we dont know about but should and especially after watching this and other videos about indigenous people that even today are still going without fresh water in Canada and America, kids going missing and alot of horrid events that they should never go through (no-one should go through), after watching all this I feel a need to help but I dont know how 😪
@@VinceSchilling wow that is the best response I've ever seen from a creator. I wish they were all like you. Keep spreading the message!
RIP MISS littlefeather!! A princess/warrior of her people/nation for sure!!
After all the masacres, after all the humiliations, betrayals, and ransacking
we are still here. We survived, and we are not going anywhere.
Awesome speech
This news just popped up in My Feed!
So awesome!
Wow!!! Very powerful Speech… Completely speechless… Shame on John Wayne and those that think just like him, it shows the kind of person they really are… Damn this speech should’ve been spoken without any issues but sadly these people think that they have the power to silence the truth
Being native American I admire that speech written by Marlon Brando.
This took serious guts , sometimes the truth hurts and not all hurt just goes away because people ignore it , especially when the residue of it is still there out in the open . America can't change the past but at least be understanding and try changing the way we think and acknowledge that it happened . Remember every country has a pass but it's what we do to change the future that makes a difference .
Where can I find reference to John Wayne making these threats?
Wow who is this woman she is so beautiful
I love Marlon Brandon!. What a writer, brave and has integrity.
Bravo 👏 Brando, ahead of your time.
Stunning words. I think some silence was called for and not the silly "I am freaking out" comments but rather some discussion of what was read. I remember at the time people were saying, "Why is he doing this at the Oscars?" But in the day, all the country tuned in to the Oscars. It's a shame that the whole speech wasn't read then, and why did Wayne have to be restrained? I don't remember that. But then, Brando and Littlefeather were criticizing his career. Poor John Wayne. He never got it.
As a Native man - this is fairly common in Native circles to speak of things in a lighthearted way. To say I am freaking out was a true feeling. John Wayne was held back by security because he was going to attempt to pull her off the stage.
@@VinceSchilling Thank you. I appreciate what you said.
The horrors we visited upon the peoples of this land
Should beget sorrow and shame in the heart of every man
...this should be mandatorially, read in schools, public venues and government facilities...across the world and to every nation that has endured usurpation, colonization and the subjugation by what are actually...foreigners. So too should many a privileged head be bowed in shame...the land was never 'theirs' to own...but to care-take, thereof. IMHO...and since when did it become 'okay' that we build public policy on a bunch of adults awarding themselves for playing 'pretend'...just...WRONG!!
Then the Pledge of Allegiance should be mandatory also.
And this is far worse then what will did
It's so vile that there are those among us of our own Native people are now trying to claim she isn't "actually Native, " for their own sick clout and to promote their own books. She is a treasure.
After 49 years the Academy has finally apologized in privately to her by sending a picture of her at the Oscars and a framed apology letter and a invite to their museum. I remember seeing the 1973 Oscars and how my mother was shocked by the horrible actions of the audience. Wounded Knee had been in the news at the time and Peltier is still in prison for shooting a FBI agent he did not shoot! No letter or picture can change history of racism.
She passed away October 2022