“My name is Sacheen Littlefeather. I am Apache and president ... and he has asked me to read a very long speech that I cannot share with you right now due to time constraints, but I will be ...

Equally eccentric was the acceptance speech delivered by Roberto Benigni ... he dispatched Native American actress Sacheen ...

in protest at the industry’s treatment of Indigenous people in the U.S. In a speech given by Brando’s Native American representative, Sacheen Littlefeather, he declined the Best Actor honor.