Marlon Brando

A woman in Native American dress, who indentified herself as Sacheem Littlefeather, tells the audience at the Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles on March 27, 1973, that Marlon Brando declined to accept his Best Actor Oscar for his role in "The Godfather." Littlefeather said ... moreBrando was protesting "the treatment of the American Indian in motion pictures and on televison, and because of the recent events at Wounded Knee."

(AP)