Did Academy Awards Drama Reveal the Greatest Actress Ever? | Sacheen Littlefeather Case Analysis
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My grandfather with no Jewish ties decided one day that he was Jewish. He dedicated the rest of his life to telling people about Jewish matters, and sleeping with Polynesian women. Apparently he'd worked in an industry where a lot of Greek and Jewish immigrants had worked. He apparently also made a habit of lying, then completely believing his lies.
I don't know why I felt the need to type that.
I don’t either but I’m so glad you did
@@LadyKD80 Me too !
😂
Me too,especially the part about the Polynesian women 🎉
@@jdanielcramer I live in New Zealand, so it's not uncommon. My grandma, however, is not polynesian.
The most famous “fake Native American” was Iron Eyes Cody, the “Indian” who shed a single tear in those 1970’s anti-littering commercials. He insisted he was Native American his whole life, and was in many movies. He died at 94, and it was then revealed he was Sicilian.
My father was Italian and when I was a kid I always thought he looked like that man.
@@aprilcaricchio4309hope you got his great olive skin.
Now that one hurts. Dammit, man!
I wonder if Smokey Bear is who we thought he was...
It has been recently discovered that Canadian folk singer, Buffy Saint Maria, is not Cree Indian, but Italian. Senator Elizabeth Warren claimed she was Native American but was exposed as having no Indian ancestry.
" ...lived a lie, in order to live as a victim."
Seems to be the popular 'go-to' strategy for a lot of people nowadays.
Absolutely.
Unfortunately
Stupid thing is that she could have honestly claimed Mexican-American to be a "victim".
Funny how some people are so ignorant or manipulative in their bias that they choose to focus on the person rather than the message. It doesn't matter who she was, or who she may have "pretended" to be. Her messege was dead on the money. Trying to undermine that by dragging the narrative away from that fact is gaslighting.
@@timphelan2873 I totally agree, a bad messenger doesn't mean the message is bad. The main thing is to not get caught up in personalities.
To be fair, I live near the Yaqui in Arizona. Half the tribe is in Arizona and half in Mexico. Both countries have a reservation. The Mexican-American war created a border across, although I know someone who is part Yaqui, and he told me the Yaqui/Dog People were wanderers who didn't have a specific territory.
I've never heard them called the Yaqui/Dog people. Where did he/she get that?
@@alfredogonzalez3421 Someone I know told me his grandfather was Yaqui, and they used to be called the Dog People.
@@morganmadison366 interesting thanks for sharing 👍
My understanding is that most Mexicans are half Indigenous and half Spaniard. Soooo, Mexicans ARE Natives🤷
@@reachingcoldmountainbeforeyou Mexicans may or may not be "native", any Mexican will tell you, the more European you look, the more likely you are to be successful. Mexico was colonized by Spain. Actually there's more to it, but you'll have to look that up for yourself. Spain wanted the gold.
“She claimed to have a brother that died of AIDS, but actually had no brother” 🤨🤔🤔🤔
I don’t think that’s an accurate statement. What I read is “the newspaper *reported* her bother died of AIDS, but they did not find a biological son in her family member’s obituaries”
That’s not the same statement. She probably was referring to someone as “brother”, which is common tribal speak, and the newspaper interpreted it ad her having a biological brother. Dr. Grande is very off with this segment in my opinion.
@@Wildflower687 This is actually correct. I have met her more than once and had been part of the California Indigenous circle. She was speaking about an adopted brother within her community.
@@shmittyworman - ahhh see that make total sense to me. People really need to stop jumping to conclusions about these reports.
@@Wildflower687 Not only that but this whole claim that she's "faking Indigenous" is far from the truth. Many times has the indigenous community spoken about her fathers heritage. He's Not JUST Hispanic from Europe or Latino, but strait up MEXICAN Indigenous. It still makes him Native American and her and her sisters as well. She always acknowledged that she's of far complexion because of her mother but her genetics do not lie. Her fathers herediterial claims could very well be legit and we have to keep in mind that until the 20s, people who identified as Indigenous in the U.S and Mexico were being headhunted by bounty hunters paid by the governments to eradicate territorial opposition. It was genocide. My partners family claimed "white and hispanic" on the census. My partner took his DNA test and came back 25% Indigenous.
@@shmittyworman - yeah that’s along the same line as what I’ve been trying to say in all of these threads and being called “racist” and “bigoted” for pointing out the exclusion of an entire portion of NA identity and history. There’s even one dude on here trying desperately to convince me that you are not allowed to identify as NA unless you’re on a national registry lol And of course the barrage of people here who outright do not believe that Latinos and Hispanics are largely Indigenous. And then when you tell them about the DNA tests, that somehow becomes a conspiracy about how they’re just telling us what we want to hear. I guess they just prefer good old fashioned segregation.
I'm half Native American and people are telling me that they are Native American all the time. Sometimes it's a distant relation on their grandmother's side. They assume we will have a bond somehow, but I can't even bond with legit relatives at family reunions. I was fooled by Sacheen Littlefeather. I'm still glad John Wayne didn't beat her up.
I'm Mexican and according to my DNA test, I'm 38 percent indigenous. No surprise
In college decades ago I read "Custer Died for Your Sins". The author noted with amusement the number of whites claiming Cherokee heritage, as if it's somehow special. When I was a kid I was told my great great grandmother was Cheokee.
I had m doubts since I'm actually half Japanese. Oh well... .
People sometimes ask if I am Native American or even Asian. I have brown hair and brown eyes. But I always say no. It’s possible somewhere far back is an ancestor like that, but none I know of.
It always surprises me just how many people claim to be Cherokee vs. other tribes. I even remember some episode of Finding Your Roots years ago that touched upon the Cherokee lineage myth. One of my uncles claimed to be part Cherokee, but his sister who is very into genealogy once told me that it was not at all true.
@@Dude-gx2ul I'm pretty sure Mexican people are partly indigenous. So I don't think, technically, she was wrong.
Absolutely hilarious! Brando complains about Hollywood not hiring native Americans by Brando not hiring a native American to play a native American.
How should he know!? And Mexicans are nativ to North America Central America even the native Colombians share some common facial futures and hair! In my opinion
Not to mention res dogs half playing native Americans haven't even lived on a reservation they make us who do look like complete fools it's sicking how we as native Americans get this rap that we all talk in that dumb wording me live long time many moons ago nooooooo we don't talk like that hahhaa sicking really
@@shumba_the_don Well it was her own family that came out and said she was lying so....
Furthermore you've obviously never been to Mexico, not everyone there is mixed with "native americans". Youd be surprised how many "white" Mexicans with basically only Spanish ancestors are still there.
Yaqui is native american
@@shumba_the_don How should Hollywood know if he can’t figure it out? 😂
If I had millions of dollars and was going to lecture the world, I might spend some money looking into the person I am using to do it. Brando was swimming in money. At bare minimum he could check her background. But he was so anxious to lecture everyone he didn’t look at himself and the person he was using. She made some valid points. But when she turns out to be a fraud, it washes out the message.
Back when a woman pretending to be native was just a charming delusion, nobody thought of it as a warning sign of personality disorders. What was once thought innocent is now realized to be unstable. Lies aren't a harmless misunderstanding, they're signals that someone is not in solid contact with reality.
there is also the possibility she was a calculating manipulator.
It reminds me of that white lady who pretended to be black and even was the leader of an naacp chapter. Id like to see a deep dive on people who claim to be "transracial"
@@yomama2376 Rachel Dolezal
In the 60’s and 70’s, Cher often made references to being Native American (that horrible song, “Half Breed”). She is really of Armenian descent, which I guess wasn’t as sexy or unique back then, but I don’t think it meant she had a personality disorder. People love to make themselves sound unique.
It’s a gimmick bro. Like pro wrestlers. Anything to get the bag baby
This has been well known in Hollywood circles for years, yet no one wanted to talk about it because they didn't want to be called a racist. Dennis Miller called her out on an episode of the Tonight show once, in the form of a joke no less, and there were articles in the papers the next day calling him a racist.
Great video as usual.
EDIT: It was on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
I remember that!!!
I remember that too! When he was criticized, I thought, "He must be right."
Dennis and Norm, two of the greatest stand up guy's ever. IMO
They ruin careers & jeopardize lives😕.
She was lying about tribal membership, but the actual racial take would be to qualify that somewhat because on a larger racial level she was partially amerindian
"Back in 1973 things were different" . Great analysis! Great humor! 🤣 This is why I come back everyday.
Yea they were, she was ahead of her time. She would fit right in and be welcomed into that hollyweird crowd today!
@@briantrudell8248 lol hardly! police brutality, systematic racism and corruption, gun violence, extremists vying for power...now are we describing the US in the 1970's or today here...?! lol
I've always said it: Being a victim can be a full time career in rich western countries.
I think it’s safe to say he’s white
Most people of Mexican descent are of indigenous heritage but deny this due to discrimination by their lighter skinned countrymen. Although Spanish is the official language of Mexico, it's not the language spoken prior to the Spanish conquest. Mexico has many indigenous languages, some of which are considered endangered, the indigenous are often bilingual and some especially the children who translate for their parents, (who are Spanish second language and have a hard time with English) can speak three languages, Indigenous, Spanish and English.
@@Mercurystars4202 US census is BS. They also count North Africans and Arabs as "white" lmao.
@@Mercurystars4202 Good point.
@@Mercurystars4202 Yes!!! I agree!
It's the same way with me, I'm British, French, Eastern European from my mother and father, with First Nation tribes of Metis, Mohawk and Blackfoot from my father's side.
I second this. Although the Mexican government is trying to preserve the older, more traditional cultures through language programs (Nahuatl in Jalisco or the Mayan dialects in the Yucatan) and cultural spotlights, it doesn't erase the stigma of being "indio." Sadly, economic pressures seem to be erasing the more traditional way of life for those who wanted to remain closer to their roots. I find it odd that the organizations focusing on the native peoples in the United States don't seem to extend the same curtesy south of the border. Although The First Nations in Canada cover many of the larger tribes within that region, it always seemed to be regarded more positively (even though largely ignored) within the the United States.
"Spanish is not the language spoken prior to the Spanish conquest". No sh*t.
A new term should be used in these cases "Stolen Victimhood". (similar to Stolen Valor). They seek the status/sympathy and benefits of the victim class they impersonate.
Yup
Oppressed people have high status?
@@nighttrain1236 Certainly in liberal areas. That's why liberals impersonate them. Would Marie Cruz get the same opportunities as Sacheen Littlefeather?
I don't entirely disagree, but in this case it's possible her motivation may have been that she thought her academy appearance would bring opportunities, which Dr Grande pointed out did happen on a limited basis.
@@nighttrain1236 if you hadn't noticed, there's a huge amount of empathy for people who take on victim status. You can be lazy, hateful, and vindictive, but you can't be fired, because you're a victim.
I heard, that Roger Moore was so confused by her behavior, that he took the Oscar Statue home. Later he had to give it back.
Lmao why is this so funny
Because it is the closest he ever came to winning one. For one brief shining moment, it was his.
I'm old enough to remember when this happened (I was 10). I'm old enough to have told my kids the inspiring tale of Brando refusing the Oscar via this woman. It's very tiring anymore to keep finding out lots of what we have been believing, about lots of things, were just manipulative lies.
No kidding. I’m sickened by the realization that our generation has been gaslighted on a huge scale so we would not challenge authority. Be distracted by the false cultural tales we are told. Just so we would continue to work without any real compensation and live our lives out in a failing society while blaming ourselves instead of those who wield power.
@@cindynimmo Yes. It seems that your generation did a lot of smokeshow so as to not reveal a true intention, or here, to just get themselves ahead/present an image, or message. Even though she wasn't a true Native American, her message was with good, but now a bit tainted with the dishonesty of her own identity.
Always keep in mind the message, regardless of an imperfect messenger.
@@samjam2376 imperfect and fraudulent are not synonymous
Me too, I remember watching this as it happened also.
It’s interesting to see how some people use the “greater good” as a way of promoting themselves. Her actions were offensive to both communities. She used the Native American community to elevate herself while, at the same time, devaluing her own Mexican community. In the end, I don’t think she cared for either group of people. Her intentions were purely self-serving.
Great review, Dr. Grande! Thank you.❤
The name America came from an Italian explorer in the early 1500's. North America, Central America, and ummmm South America. I'm going with Turtle Island✊🏼🧡🧡🧡🧡
That’s not entirely accurate. You’re trying to separate being Mexican from being Native American and they are actually largely one in the same. The majority of Mexican people are of Native American descent; something I don’t know if Dr. Grande knows. The only difference is one group is from the north (and better known) and one group is from the south (lesser known). She almost certainly was part Native American from her Mexican ancestry as the vast majority of Mexicans are of NA ancestry.
narcissism masked as altruism...as taylor swift said in her latest album
@@stephoso - you’re very welcome! This is a topic I’m very passionate about, so I just want to set the record straight on some things people just aren’t aware of.
I disagree, sit down weinee
Sasheen wore that outfit to our school in San Francisco. She gave a rousing speech and then solicited donations to start a modeling school from the students afterwards. This was in the Spring of 1973.
What happened to the school?
@@2Ryled they discovered it was built on an ancient burial ground and had to move it.
@@theSemiChrist Lolol…
She was so ahead of her time
@@2Ryled Hi 👋🏼 Our school is still there. Her school was never started.
Sacheen seems like a professional victim. While Sacheen was discovered at the Academy Awards, these days professional victims are more commonly found on Twitter.
or even more so on TikTok.
Most of them live in israel.
You hit that one dead on!
@@k.o.h3599 I beg to differ the USA seems to have a lot.
even if its the truth , ppl like to just downplay it its not happening , when in fact it is.
I've knew a man who claimed to have fought in Vietnam and a hero. I'd know him since we were kids. He in fact was a draft dodger and was never in the military, ever...After a while he could actually tell his horror stories with tears. I think he grew to believe them.
AFTER it became "trendy"? I know two Canadians, drunks, who volunteered to serve in the Vietnam era. I doubt they, like MOST military, every saw actual combat. but they came back to Canada with the "crutch" they wanted for life. the excuse for being an alcoholic, which they were before their service. !!
technical term is "Confabulation"
when you truly believe your own lies.
Imagine that, faking PTSD because you avoided actually getting PTSD in Vietnam...
Just as stupid as living on the run for years when a sentence wasn't that bad.
It's like those people putting in extra effort to be lazy
I worked for the VA and on one of the corners in town, a man panhandled as a disabled Vietnam Veteran. He was lying.
That’s sad on so many levels.
How he, calmly and matter-of-factly, sets the record straight. 🤣 You, Sir, are ESSENTIALLY PRICELESS!!!
He doesn’t really set the record straight. He’s making a lot of assumptions here that I find disturbing. He flat out claims she was not NA and the likelihood of that being true is very slim. She was half Mexican, which means she almost certainly was part NA, as most Mexicans, Central and South Americans are predominantly NA. What she lied about was her tribal affiliation, which makes sense considering people still to this day do not associate Hispanics with being NA, when most of us are, at least in part.
@@Wildflower687 1. yes he does.
2. keep on being disturbed. Makes it easier for us sane people.
@@ralfkohler3671 - hey, you’re free to listen to him, I’m not stopping you, but you have been warned that his information is inaccurate, straight from a Latino person of NA descent whose family owns an Indigenous cultural center, but sure, what do I know?! 😂
@@Wildflower687 ever considered the possibility that said Latino person
might not be the official biographer of that lady? That they, perhaps, may know shit about her? Say, in comparison to, for instance, MEMBERS OF HER OWN FAMILY?
Huh?
@@ralfkohler3671 - who is even talking about a biographer? Literally no one. Again, you can choose to take a counselor’s word for it, who clearly doesn’t understand the complexities of Latin American identity, or you can take it straight from someone who is directly involved and part of that identity. Your choice.
I'm glad to see Dr. Grande talk about this. The first question I had- that maybe someone can answer for me?- is why her sisters waited so long to tell the world this.
They may have been afraid of her
It would be interesting to know her sisters' DNA. If they have any ancestry of original inhabitants of what is now Mexico, Sacheen case would have another twist.
@@nymgrace1227 This makes sense. Maybe they didn't like the idea of Hollywood/ entertainment press bothering them and dragging them into the news.
Okay, here’s the thing (and the problem with this video).
1. Sasheen did not lie about being NA. She lied about what tribe she was from. The fact is, it’s actually extremely unlikely that she would be half Mexican, but not NA, because the vast majority of Mexicans are NA (Mexico actually has the largest NA population in the world). However, many Mexicans do not have tribal affiliation, but at NA nonetheless. The likely scenario is, she didn’t know what tribe she would have crime from and probably just picked a better known one to associate with.
2. As for the sisters, from what I remember about their statement, they said they were not NA, but instead were Mexican. What that tells me is they do not associate Mexican with NA, which unfortunately is all too common. So yes, they did claim that they are not NA, while in the same breath stating that they are in fact Mexican, which is predominantly NA. They also stated there were no links to tribal heritage. That is not the same as saying they are not NA. It just means they have no tribal heritage. Not all NA are tribal members.
For example: As a person of Puerto Rican descent, I am 14% NA, but the government considers my tribe (Taino) “extinct”, therefore, I’m part NA with no “tribal heritage”.
I hope that helps. My family runs a Indigenous Tribal Center in Pennsylvania, so at least you know you’re getting information directly from someone involved in Latino Indigenous matters.
The actor Iron Eyes Cody was actually Italian. The Sopranos has a great episode referring to this revelation.
I recently found out that my favorite wrestler from my childhood in the 70s, Chief Jay Strongbow, was Italian.
@@martineldritch Well, at least Chief Dan George on the sign off at LA TV midnight AND IN "lITTLE BIG MAN" and Clint Eastwood films actually was a First Nations. BUT not O. Souix: I met him in Vancouver, BC. He was a Chief of the Tribe in North Vancouver, BC. !!! i.e. No warbonnet headress types.
@@martineldritch LOL
Jay Silverheels who played Tonto was also a real Native American and not Italian like most.
To be fair, he prob got the first roles, just because of how he looked, then when people thought it was real and how he could be the most famous "Indian" he went along with it and created a backstory. It's terrible and I don't understand how people could do that. But I guess money and fame are more powerful to some than being truthful.
She should have gotten an Oscar for her 40 plus years of performance/trickery and dedication to the craft as she never stopped pretending.
😂☠️
And then she could refuse to accept it.
@@anniegaffney8378 that's funny.
I’m sure apologies from the academy are worth more than the awards themselves, just as being a fake victim is worth more than being a real hero nowadays
They should apologize for their apology.
I always thought the story about John Wayne having to be restrained by 6 security men, made no sense. By that time, he had been through lung cancer and had part of his lung removed. Wayne never criticized Littlefeather personally; his general comment when asked about Brando’s refusal is that the actor should have come out and done it in person. Too often nowadays, stories in the media are circulated in whatever way is politically convenient. At least if you’re going to dislike the guy, dislike him for well documented things he actually said and did. Weird how Sacheen Littlefeather’s history of fibbing was not told by the mainstream media recently, just the John Wayne part. Dr. Grande, I’ve been watching your channel for a long time and I really appreciate that you present facts without bias.
That story was always ridiculous and has been well and truly debunked.
I feel bad for Brando. Conned by this woman & now associated with her name. He was acting as a true ally & she deceived him. It just proves that you don’t need to BE the cause you fight for. You can didn’t for it no matter how intimate or not your connection to it. She just made a mockery of it by manipulating & lying. It’s as if she didn’t care for the cause so much but rather the fame…. Hmmm…. The victim title was just too alluring & how much easier is that, isn’t it?- to not actually have to experience what it’s like to be a victim & rather just victimize yourself for the attention without the pain?
he was literally a rapist
Yes
I think his stand is still important.
If anything, the younger generation now knows how brave Brando was.
@@Mmeme2023 she took away the activism from having a true NA Icon that understands the issues at hand. Not for personal gain
Maybe in his early years, but after this point, he became a bigger joke than William Shatner, both literally and figuratively!
My dad started identifying as a Native American years ago. It’s not driven by narcissism but from severe identity issues and having a really hard time fitting in. Ironically. I have a trans sister and he told me that he suspected being trans is not a real thing.
People are complicated.
Yeah like being trans is actually complicated, and your trans sister, is probably your brother right? I am sorry,I am surprised you used the world complicated,when it's applying to you right now.
I had a chuckle because I can relate
Life is complicated. Some folks coping mechanisms area bit weird
If I had a trans child who changed their sex identity, I would probably start to have identity issues too. It doesn't mean I wouldn't support them but that's probably a difficult situation for any parent, and this comes from a childfree person!
Why do people attack the integrity of trans men and women when someone in the news is dishonest about their family background? Standards of care for trans people, based on empirical research, have been developed by professionals. No such standards exist for those who fabricate stories about their family history.
I was completely not surprised when I heard this.
wow this has me SHOOK, i believed her watching the marlon brando oscar refusal clip, shocking to find out she was rachel dolezal before rachel dolezal
I hope everyone has seen Norm MacDonald and the American Indian, Johnny Twofeathers, accepting the award for Melissa McCarthy.
No.
Thank you for sharing this, I had no idea she lied about her heritage! I appreciate the message she was trying to send, but lying is never the answer.
Reminds me of my brother except it's not his heritage he lies about it's his fortune. I mean he's not a total a-hole but stop it bro dad started the company lololol
On the one hand, being of Mexican extraction, she more than likely had at least some indigenous heritage. And so her credibility on the Native claim is not completely false. On the other hand, she did lie about being Apache and Yaqui. So her credibility in general to represent Native Americans falls into doubt based on telling the lie.
That being said, indigenous heritage-regardless of quantity-is determined by genealogical science, not tribal affiliation.
@@ilsa_xo She’s a Pretendian.
Side note: I miss Siskel and Ebert terribly. I used to watch them late night on PBS. I did not always agree with them, but I could tell from the reviews whether I would like the movie or not.
As a space alien, I am deeply concerned how aliens are portrayed in movies and books.
Aliens are marginalized and misrepresented all the time. Its outrageous!
I feel you…😂😂😂
Ken, I don’t remember seeing you on my Pod Transport. I came here in earth year 1912. When was your transport?
I'm so sorry for you poor poor victimized aliens. 🤣
DEF..👽👾🤪🤣😂
Your intelligent humor gets me every time, Dr. Grande! 😁
Yes, Doctor, of course, Littlefeather was a good actress after all. l didn't think of it from that angle and totally missed it, possibly along with many others who viewed her through a different lens. Dr. Grande doesn't miss a beat, in summary, explained perfectly his thought with a nice touch at the end. Always grateful for these videos key part of my daily for over a year now, has to be a big help for me to understand my family without going crazy anymore.
Apparently John Wayne was sitting in the audience and had to be physically restrained because he wanted to go up and punch her.
That's a long time regurgitated rumor that has no factual evidence to back it up. It started by a "I heard" rumor and it spread in the same way as any high school rumor. "i heard" "apparently" etc etc. It continues to be spread in the same manner to this day. There's no footage or primary sources backing up this occurrence.
Not surprising coming from a draft dodger
What a guy !!!
That myth has also been debunked.
And who is the only person who told the story?
I’m not first- only speculating what it would be like to be first.
FIRST! FINALLY! OH, THE SWEET SONG OF VICTORY!
Years of Ativan abuse has almost completely destroyed my attention span, but every time I start watching one of the Doc's videos, I'm hooked until the end.
Also, we just had an earthquake here (Redwood City, CA).
Bravo !
fuck man you got a monster dick
@@taharzioual4606 Thank you!
🤭👏👏👏👏
@@angelinparadise7282 Thanks, Angel.
Thank you for your concise and informative analysis, Dr. Grande! I look forward to your videos and watch daily! Cheers!
It's disgusting how many people didn't care that she lied about her heritage and even still believed her.
I don’t care. Her movement was way above everything!
@@seattlejayde What movement? Please go watch Buffy in any given interview. She gloats and brags incessantly. The only person she raised up was herself. All she did was insult Indians as being too stupid to have ever accomplished anything (until she came along to teach them about rock and roll, bring them glitz and shine and even teach them Cree). It's disgusting. Here is a quote from Canadian Senator Paula Simons speech on Pretendians. It sounds like it was written for Buffy but it is from before the news broke. "Every time a self-deluded narcissistic pretendian wins an award, gets university tenure or is given a seat at a boardroom table, it means someone real has been pushed out or denied access. It is all too evident that many such pretendians delight in perpetuating clichés, stereotypes and tropes about Indigenous people, making it even harder for authentic contemporary voices to be heard." It's worth a watch. Very powerful speech on the subject. Buffy did nothing. She set indigenous people back by perpetuating stereotypes and making them out to be less than. Even last year on Indigenous Day she said we need to come up with something positive about native people, as she pivots to sell her childrens books!! Insinuating the world knows nothing positive about them....or do we still think they are just stuffed in museums or extinct? That one is her favourite. She says it in almost every interview. A good one to see her true character is the ASU video (9 years ago) where she rants on about Columbus and the conquistadors as good men that just had "bad management". There is also a priceless Freudian slip in that one when she talks about how all native people are racists except her "I never BECAME the kind of Indian that ......"
Do one on the actor “ Iron Eyes Cody @ who claimed his entire acting life he was an Native American when in fact he was 2nd or 3rd generation Italian! He was a good Indian actor but even wrote a book on sign language which was fake! Several Native Americans did a video on him calling his book not only a sham, but it wasn’t even close to native America sign language.
Perfect. You described my sister perfectly. Our family suffered & dealt with her mental illness the best we knew how until it hurt ourselves and others.
Life is complicated
@@salcedomark I'm only concerned with clearing my family's name and bringing back honor. Especially, my father by exposing her lies.
She had verbally attacked me in mill valley, I was in pursuit of a scholarship for college, she scared me and scarred me. I was warned by the native women about her fakeness and that she wasn't native. I was 24. I remember her cokebottle glasses.
@@themrs4669 sounds spot on. At least she didn't try to stab you with a butcher knife. John Wayne was lucky
It's weird when Americans saying they "identify as", it's a synatx error, the subject of the sentence is misplaced. It would be "I identify myself as" or "I identified that tree as".
I was first aware of her name when playing Trivial Pursuit 30 years ago and her name was the answer to a question. No one knew it, but we all remembered the incident at the Academy Awards Show.
Me must be the same age because i too first heard of her name thru the exact same Trivial Pursuit package and i distinctly remember my little cousin reading it out when i was a kid. its hilarious to me that TP of all things would cement something like this in me mind.
Same
Dr Grande, you have the most interesting reviews of recent historical personalities. Thank you.
Sucks for her dad… in the interview with the sisters they mentioned their dad in good ways. Good dad n hard worker n to then getting bashed by one of his own, damn!
Lucky for him, he passed away before she said all that.
Why did her sister(s) wait till she died to spill the truth about her, or did I miss something? I don’t remember hearing about her lies until after she died. I do remember when the Academy Award thing happened. It was not surprising to me because there was still a lot of leftover 60’s bs going around. Craziness was normalcy back then…
@@A2D4 I thought of that as well🤷🏻♂️ I think neither are fully telling the truth
Knowing the white mtn Apaches, I would not want to piss them off by pretending to be them.
She didn't dishonor White Mountain Apache people, they came and danced in her honor at the Academy Museum event. I assure you that would not have happened if she was considered "fake". Her work and activism is what they honored, and hundreds of other Native American's agreed with them. So Racism aside, consider how stereo types have been used to cover up a genocide that is part of the history of the United States. Sacheen's work to change stereotypes is only one in a long line and we can work with Secretary Deb Haaland to recognize Native American rights and to fight racist stereotypes.
To be fair most Mexicans are primarily or have very much -Native American DNA (either being mestizo or almost full native) so she very well could have just been connecting with that part of her heritage.her father was most likely mestizo. In the past the US census counted Mexican Americans as white notably on the 1930 census. So most likely he was counted as white even if he was mestizo or had native ancestry.
That don’t count. I mean I see your point but it doesn’t work that way, “Native American” means something different. I may as well claim to be African American because my ancestors came from Africa 100,000 years ago.
@@Big_Tex All tribes have not allowed testing probably because they wouldn't have Native American DNA either. Many of us have small bits of NA DNA and there are Native Tribes all over the world. NA are not the only indigenous people in the world either. I am not talking about 100,000 years ago. More like 8 to 10 generations ago. I also have Sephardic Jewish Ancestors 13 generations ago. Not sure when they converted to Christianity. Most DNA tests only go back 5 to 8 generations.
Natives from other countries dress differently and honestly never heard of other natives from different countries having this kind of names, she wasn’t trying to look like a Native American from Mexico, but like a Native American from the USA, which she’s not, she could had say that she was Mexican and that would be better, but she took places for real native Americans and that’s just now right
She lied
“If my grandmother had wheels, she would be a bike.”
Fasinating video!
I was completely unfamiliar with the controversy around her.
She lived the life of a con artist.
Marlon Brando lived in Omaha, Nebraska (I used to live in Omaha and Nebraska is my home state) till he was six years old and his mother (Dorothy "Dodie" Brando) was the first leading lady of the Omaha Community Playhouse.
He apparently did not like his Nebraska roots.
Irconically, he was not a very grounded person at times.
Great analysis, I always wondered what happened there since I saw articles about it...👌Thank you dr.Grande
This is so shocking to find out. I remember hearing about this years ago and then recently when the academy apologized to her I was still believing she was an actual native American when in reality she was just hispanic. I wonder why this was never mentioned even when she made news recently and then when she passed away. Such a bizarre story. I guess when it is a minority pretending to be another disempowered minority, no one wants to call them out anymore.
I wouldn’t put too much stock in this video, unfortunately. It’s almost certain she was NA, just not the tribe she ascribed to. As a woman of half Mexican descent, it’s actually extremely unlikely that she wouldn’t have been part NA, as Mexicans are predominantly NA. The likely scenario was she decided to associate with a better known tribe since most people (even to this day) do not realize that Mexicans and most Central and South Americans are predominantly NA. That doesn’t mean she lied about being NA.
Exactly! Natives to the American continent, indigenous roots! The United States loves to refer themselves as America/Americans, it gives people the false impression the rest of the countries aren’t American. It’s a very nasty sneaky self-centered thing they decided to do long ago.They knew exactly what they were doing. Territories are now divided but that doesn’t mean there aren’t Native Americans in the rest of the continent lol Americans should learn what the rest of the continent thinks about them when it comes to the their use of the term “American” lol
@@Wildflower687 That is what I was thinking and confused about. I thought majority of Mexicans were a mixture of native ancestry.
@@unicornsrice1667 - Indeed they are. I believe around 65-70% consider themselves a version of ‘Mestizo’ and about 20% consider themselves full AmerIndian. And I think about 10% consider themselves “majority European”. You could look up the stats just to be sure, but I’m confident it’s accurate.
It’s important for people to realize that NA identity is not confined exclusively to Northern America, but is also prevalent in Southern America as well as the Caribbean Islands in many different variations. But we have a cultural and social narrative that only allows us as to view Northern Tribes as NA as opposed to viewing NA as a diverse group of people who inhabited the entire continent and surrounding Caribbean islands.
@@Wildflower687 I agree on the cultural and social narrative when it comes to Native Americans. I'm mixed with Monacan, but many wouldn't consider me to be NA.
Every tribe is very individualistic. Different looks, customs, languages, history, ect.
“I’m sorry, but I will not hear a bad word said about Little Feather. She has been an inspiration, trailblazer and mentor figure to me.” - Hilaria Baldwin
Now that's funny!!
That's hilaria-ous.
Hillarrrrrrrrious
Insane
Now that's nuts.
Years ago during the early ‘90s while passing through Denver International airport I heard her being paged to the VIP phone. No one in the terminal seemed to notice or care.
Comprehensive analysis with great insights. Well done, doc!
Wow what's with all of these cases of people pretending to be Native American? I'm not familiar with this person in particular but we keep hearing of new cases up here in Canada especially in academic institutions. Great analysis as usual, Dr. Grande. I think the same can be said about the imposters up here 👍❤️⚔️🔥🐴
Yes, I was just reading about Mary Ellen Turpel Lafond 🇨🇦
I suppose it feels more exotic somehow?
Yes, it does seem like once a month they're popping up in Canada. What makes no sense to me is these people are actually good at what they do. They don't seem to be causing harm to others.
All Native American DNA has not been taken and tested. Many Cherokee have Middle Eastern and North African MTDNA Haplogroups.
Because they get sometype of benefits being one.
My ex is native, and everywhere we went, people would come up to him and tell him how they are some fraction of a native descent or some thing of the like. It was really strange. He would start talking in native language and confuse them. It's funny how it's "cool" to be a heritage that you are not. My family grew up on the Crow reservation, Lodgegrass Montana, but I don't claim to be native, because I am not. Anyway whichever. People are weird.
It's not "cool" whats happening is people see the privileges it comes with and want a piece.
Ha ! Just like being Irish !
I feel you! My great great great grandmother was born on a Cherokee reservation in Arkansas. I have zero rights to claim something that I’m not because there’s no documentation stating she was actually Cherokee.
@@jaytay8637 right!
@@mjanny6330 I know it's not cool, that's why I put it in parentheses. But it seems like, for some reason, some people think being native is cool. Saying they're native or from the "rez" or something somehow makes them seem cool. I don't get it. My mom told me stories about her life in Lodgegrass, and my grandfather and dad too. It did not sound fun. I went to see where she grew up and it was sad to see the town. I'm not qualified to really speak on it, as I never lived there. But if I mention my family's history there, some people perk up and tend to have some story about how they are .000000002 percent native on their grandmother's side or some thing. And with my ex, who looks so very native. The way people would come up to us and claim to be his "brother" or some crap. All the while I was invisible, being white.
My goodness, how is it that any person can live a lie their entire lives. The mind boggles!
Back after a year of upload bc for some reason her SPEECH came up in my feed, earlier. You, and other subscribed channels "fell off" my algorithm altogether! I am so glad I saw this, again. Happy Christmas, Doc. Always respect your brain and work ethic.
Mexican people are predominantly mestizo. People of European and indigenous American decent. So she's probably native American in that sense but definitely different cultures and not at all what she claimed.
That's the beauty of America: you can be whoever you want to be and earning money along the way makes deception perfectly acceptable.
You mean like the former Royal known as Meghan Markle?
The interesting thing about it, is that it's fine except for the screaming Karens, who only care when they decide there is some kind of PC problem, that doesn't offend them, but it MIGHT offend someone else!!
Thank you. She lived in Salinas California. I was here since 1940.
She continued all her life to say she was,, S. Littlefeather.
I worked with Indian Health Services and met many Sacheens.
He didn't answer the main question everyone had. Did Brando know?
I think so yeah he was the king of trolls
I too had a disturbing brush during my childhood with a would-be ‘Littlefeather’ 🤔 my aunt, always a strange bird, took it upon herself to start using the Littlefeather name and proclaiming this as her true heritage. Except in her case she didn’t pretend to be indigenous, she pretended to be an actual little feather…🤓
🤣😂😂🤣🤧😂😂
Lol
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Was she the feather from *Forrest Gump?*
Is there anything true, or real in this world 🙄 Getting sick and tired of people like her.
And you think you are Yoda! 😂😂🤣🤣 🤦♀️
I believe there's very few people like her, it's just the few that are, we hear about.
WORD.
Damn, I've been enlightened, I had no idea!
Thanks Dr, for this very interesting analysis!
Great analysis 🧐. I was really young so I did not have a clue she was acting but always remembered how sad 😔 she seemed 😕.
It seems appropriate; the Academy represents a group of egotistical "plastic" people. That a person who appropriated a culture for personal benefit perpetrated a fraud on the Academy seems like perfect irony to me.
People say that about Jessica Alba. Her DNA test revealed that she's only one eighth Native American/Native Mexican. The rest of her DNA is all European. Danish, French and Spanish.
@@TheBOG3 - 13% is actually considered a significant amount depending on what the acceptance threshold is for a specific tribe.
Interesting the BBC in the UK which covered this story quite extensively following her death has not published a retraction on the claim that she was of native American descent.
Imagine my shock 😲😐
Omg I just saw you on The Unexplained on The History Chanel congrats that's awesome!!
What? he's on TV? Could you give more information?
@@GrayBlood1331 season 3, Jack the ripper episode
This inspires me to watch the actual moment, which I have heard of yet have never seen.
Pretending to be a Native American has a long history. @Dr. Todd Grande could you please also analyze the personality of a writer Archibald Belaney a.k.a. Grey Owl while you are on the topic?
Oh yes, that would be good. Iron Eyes Cody too!
There's certainly a lot.
Archibald belaney would be a very good episode.
I don’t understand how it’s clear she wasn’t Native American. At least as an indigenous person. I thought “Native American” meant American was American relating to the 2 continents as “American”. She looks like she has Apache ancestry.
She said she was Apache, not just Native American
@@russiaprivjet Some Apaches are in Mexico. The tribe was split by the international border. Not that this means she is honest.
Edit: She claimed to be White Mountain Apache. They are in Arizona. She is definitely lying.
@@Catlily5 Ive never in my life met a Mexican or Mexican American who claimed Apache.
But yeah ok fine
@@russiaprivjet Just because you have not met them doesn't mean that they don't exist. There are Apache people in Mexico.
@@Catlily5 ok but they were mainly in the us southwest. The territory in modern day mexico that could have been apache didn’t migrate to become farmhands in northern California. They came from central mexico and would have considered themselves maya if anything
But anyway i get your point. But salinas just didn’t have them. But i really don’t care enough so whatever
Thanks Dr. Grande...great analysis.
Thank you! So many of use have known this for years and no one listened.
That’s amazing 😂 I remember hearing about this a longg time ago when I still had instagram and falling for it. I haven’t thought about it since, and I’m honestly not that surprised now finding out it was a lie. I can’t even lie tho she was so beautiful back then. What a shame.
You, might as a corollary, look at the case of Grey Owl, Dr. Grande.
I have mixed feelings about people pretending to be something they are not. Sad for them mostly, that they are not content to be who they were born to be. Be if they found contentment, well good.
Good Afternoon, Dr. Grande…thanks for the deep dive on Cruz’s background. Good perspective to think about and of course, appreciate the keen analysis.
Except that he’s not right. She was Native and having a Spanish surname doesn’t change that. She was born in Mexico? Well, so was Geronimo. You can be born in Mexico and be Apache like he was. The Natives were not confined to one area in North America. They travelled all up and down the Americas. When Columbus came to America the Natives Americans he encountered were on the coast of Central America and the Island of Puerto Rico. She did not lie my friend.
Hi Dr Grande, thanks for upload.
I’m interested in an analysis on Dr Charlie Teo in Australia, with the recent exposé that he can no longer operate. Thanks 🙏
I heard someone refer to “Sasheen” as a Pretendian. I think that’s a great word for her.
The people that claim to be Cherokee, we call Generokee.
Sasheen ribbon company is wear she got her name
I have always found theater people/actors cringy in their quest for attention. The acting 'profession' in my opinion is a DSM-V classification.
There are those rare actors who have genuine talent and ability to use their soul as a canvas on which to portray/reflect dimensions of the human condition. For the most part they're shallow narcissists with little real character or emotional qualities as Maria Cruz most likely was.
You show your ignorance by spelling the last name with an "e" on the end.
You seem angry that people are able to express something you are not lol
can you make an analysis on Marlon Brando?
Sacheen would fit great in today’s social media where everyone’s motivation is to become a professional victim.
A woman before her time.
Haha yup
Being a victim is advantageous in western society.
It is revealing how lefties say that western society oppresses minorities, and yet it is lefties who pretend to be a minority to get ahead in western society,..... while still claiming that western society oppresses minorities.
or to dress up as or pretend they're a different race
@@tgin7100 t gin , please take ur sensitive a$$ off of the internet and stay far far away from the voting polls🙏please and thank you
So interesting and revealing. Thanks!
I agree,the most mexicans have native american origin.She looked like a native too .
I absolutely agree with you.
This used to be called “passing.”
Usually people tried to pass as white because of heavy racism, slavery, Jim Crow laws.
Wow!!! All these years seeing her on that stage…. Amazing story
WAIT…. Every time people post the clip of her at the Oscar’s they make it seem like she was the one winning the award… this whole time I thought she was the one winning the the Oscar WOW
the person who wrote about Sacheen Littlefeather is Jacqueline Keeler. she is a known Xenophobic person in the native American community and does not consider indigenous people of Canada or mexico (Or other indigenous people of latin america) *not* native american. Dr Grande, you should have mentioned this
Sorry ,can you translate this into something that makes sense ?
So her sisters were lying?
@@alyzluke801 looks like it?? the sisters and Sacheen were estranged. just because Sacheen invistigated and found her roots doesn't mean her sisters did or identified with it. Sacheen also never claimed she was an enrolled member of the tribes she descended from. it is also important to note that Sacheen's sisters support conservative party while Sacheen supported the "liberal" party. Why is political parties important???? well That is another layer as to why they were estranged, simply because they never have the same values or views and some families take it to the extreme. Apparently Sacheen's sisters were trumpsters and Sacheen publically denounced them which kept their feud going on and to the point that Sacheen did not want her sisters involved with her funeral or to be guests at her funeral service
@Ochre Mouse so far from the truth. Sacheen is a Self-identified schizoaffective bipolar. That should have been a major clue that everyone missed. As a family, it's been one violent psychotic episode after another. Marie created Sacheen, who didn't like herself . She is a pathological liar and extremely narcissistic. She told vicious slanderous lies against our family, especially our father, for personal gain. The eternal victim/Saint act She hijacked a tribal nation with their issues to create a following. Much like a cult leader. Politics have nothing to do with anything. Sacheen was very abusive to us and those around her if they stay long enough. We got Dr.Jekell and Mr. Hyde. Regardless, of what ppl think it's the truth. Unfortunately, she kept changing her lies. Sasheen is a ribbon company. We used to sew so she changed the s to c. And the buckskin dress she wore was of the Plains tribe and not Apache nor her hairstyle. I'm always amused when ppl think they grew up with us
@Mark is not even close. Our family doesn't drink. So there's no drunk tirade. My father was a child of an alcoholic. His father, George, drank, abused him, fostered homes, family to family. Lost his hearing at 9yrs old. His mother died at 22yrs. Sacheen took his life and made it her story except for being deaf. Would of helped. On Google we read about her death, that it had already been arranged, and the funeral director was instructed not to communicate with my middle sister. Legally, we are her heirs, and rightfully so. we are taking care of business. Some gal parading around as her neice accepting condolences and forged her death certificate. We're dealing with that. As sisters, we were never spoken or written about. We didn't want to play Indian. Otherwise, she was afraid of the truth. Sacheen told vicious lies and slandered her family, especially our father, for personal gain. Ruthless & narcissistic. A self identified schizoaffective bipolar and spoke of it often. Plus, in & out of psych wards, which only the family knew. Try living with a family member who's mentally ill with violent psychotic episodes. We went to the funeral since no one knew we existed. I approached the podium to address the fact that she has 2 biological sisters, and none of us have children. Talk about our grandparents, parents, and the good people they were. How we had a good life growing up and my father didn't do anything wrong. Marie Louise created Sacheen because she didn't like her Hispanic hertiage. Even on her marriage license to Rubio, she listed our father's info. Wrong. After the divorce, she never married again. BTW that name comes from Sasheen Ribbon Company. She dropped the s to c that's why no tribes could match it to their language. We used to make our own clothes and belong to 4-H, ballet lessons, Catholic schools, and county fairs just like any other family in the country. No poverty. Our parents had a successful business, our home was behind the shop and our grandparents' house 100Ft away with a stable & our horse. Marie wore a Plains buckskin dress instead of traditional Apache and hairstyle to Oscar's. Red flag. As a pathological liar, schizophrenic and the victim/Saint act she was a con. A terrible actress to us because "well, we got stuck with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. This is way b4 JK. Until Oct 2022 never heard of the woman or anything she stood for except the one thing we have in common. Marie is a fraud. I've been trying for 15yrs to get a journalist to listen to me. Just happened at the right time. Jk is an activist. I'm defending my family that Sacheen slandered for fame and you bought the ticket to the longest running delusional show of the century. Politics have nothing to do with anything. Poor defense. But if it helps you out, she was republican. You'll the fan club that will always keep the candle burning. Me, I could care less what anyone thinks or says. This is just the tip of the iceberg of her.
As a Native myself I have to say she really looked like a Native both as a young woman and especially as an older woman. She looked so much like my grandmother. I'm so surprised to find out she wasn't Native at all. Vety hard to believe. I do however thank her for any positive attention she brought to Natives and I am also greatful to Marlon Brando who did stand along side Native activists many times during his lifetime. ❤
She had a "asseye" look.
I believe that Mexican people are partly indigenous. Technically she wasn't wrong.
The native features probably comes from the Mexican side of family. Most Mexicans have indigenous blood (Aztec, Mayan, Zapotec etc.)
It seems likely to me that in her manipulation of Brando she was pushing on an open door.
I suspect Brando was in on the scam, much to his amusement.
Brando was the king of the trolls and he's still trolling us from beyond the grave
i dont get why the hell everyone wants to be labeled as a certain group. i just want to be myself and hang with out cool people the time i am on this rock...
It's most unfortunate for her Father! Being Hispanic is a beautiful ethnicity as well as, Native American ancestry! All lineages are wonderful reinforcing diversity! Almont sounds like Amber Heard who is also living in a Fantasy world! With all the insanity of A.H., at least she hasn't "Yet" claimed to be a minority ethnic group!
So when she went to San Francisco she was sure to wear a feather in her hair? LOL
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Lol😂😂😅
She probably wasn't wrong that her Mexican heritage hindered her career as an actress. Brando's Apocalypse Now co-star Martin Sheen's real name is Ramon Estevez (actor Emilio is his son, along with Charlie Sheen), but he took on the stage name because casting directors would assume he was Latino and not cast him, though he was actually both to European immigrants (an Irish mother and a Spanish father). Over a decade later, A Nightmare on Elm Street actor Jsu Garcia, who is of Cuban descent, was given the pseudonym Nick Corri by his agent so he could pass for Italian. Even today, Latinos make up only 6% of speaking roles on TV despite making up 19% of the US population overall.
Martin sheen looks European white though. For Latinos who look darker skinned and more native features you can’t just simply change your name and pass for white.
She had almost everyone fooled for some time. Dr Grande has done his homework. He's correctly called her out for compulsive lying, victim mentality, shameful cultural appropriation to have a lucrative career. If you see her playboy photos she was at the zenith of her looks. Jaw dropping, mouth watering.
Calm down lol.
@@yamnjam lol 😂 yeah
Alejo, i am trying to understand how she could appropriate a culture when technically latinos actually have indigenous ancestry . she just had petite features compared to the every day Latina we see. she used it to her advantage
Dr Grande I think all of us myself included would love to hear your Insight on the what is a woman documentary it's pretty controversial and there's a lot of murkiness involved I would love a third party scientific Insight like yourself to look at it
I don't know if this is related to the video's story but here in the Philippines a few years ago, I recall a TV interview of a minor comedy actor and told stories of his first years in America as an illegal immigrant. The funniest was when he was working as a dishwasher in a diner and one day the place was raided by US immigration officers and started arresting illegal immigrant workers. He said since he looked like one, he pretended to be a Native American and complained angrily at the immigration officer for mistaking him for an illegal alien.😅😂
That's funny since a lot of Natives in Arizona were getting stopped and carded for being illegal, until they filed a suit against racial profiling.
Thank you, Dr Grande.
I love this analysis. No throwing insults or jokes, no accusations of "wokism", just facts, plain and straight. Your voice is so soothing as well. You should try narrating audio books sometime.
Well, not exactly “plain facts”. He has a general misunderstanding of Latin American culture that informs his analysis. He should have done more research.