Iron Eyes Cody is sad.
Posted on 10/22/2022 12:19:50 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The “Apache” actress and activist wasn’t Native American, say her sisters. And that wasn’t the only thing she lied about.
You might not know her name, but you’ve probably seen the video that made her famous. In 1973, actress and activist Sacheen Littlefeather took the stage at the Oscars dressed in a beaded buckskin dress in place of Marlon Brando, after he was awarded Best Actor for his role as Vito Corleone in “The Godfather.” Claiming Apache heritage, she spoke eloquently, to a backdrop of boos, of the mistreatment of Native Americans by the film industry and beyond.
The blowback was swift and brutal.
Presenters ridiculed her during the broadcast. She told reporters that John Wayne had to be held back by six security guards to prevent him from rushing the stage and assaulting her. In taped interviews this year with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences shortly before her death, Littlefeather said that going onstage that night led to her being blacklisted from the entertainment business.
As the decades passed, however, the calm dignity with which she conducted herself that night, easily viewable on Youtube, won over many critics. And interviews she gave in the intervening years, describing a childhood of poverty growing up in a shack, where she and her white mother were victims of domestic abuse and violence by her White Mountain Apache and Yaqui Indian father, made her story a sympathetic one. As such, she enjoyed incredible public support when it was announced months ago that the Academy would finally apologize to her after nearly 50 years.
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Iron Eyes Cody is sad.
So long story short, Hollywood virtue signalling was a lie. For the millionth time.
Is she related to Fauxcahontis?
If women and minorities are so oppressed, why do so many want to be women and minorities?
The Oscars thing was a farce.
Disregard the asinine spin this article puts on it.
She should have run for the Senate in Massachusetts.
Wasn’t Iron Eyes Italian?
YES
It was reported she was signing that ancient Indian song when she passed:
Hey how are you
Hey how are you
Hey how are you…
Yes, named Espera Oscar de Corti.
Louisiana Italian Boy
> Wasn’t Iron Eyes Italian? <
He sure was. As was Chief Wild Eagle in ‘F Troop’. So I wouldn’t blame a full-blooded Indian one bit for pretending to be in the Mafia. Turn about is fair play.
You know Iron Eyes was an Italian American, right?
It’s obvious she has real Indian blood. But from down Mexico way. If she’s gonna talk about ancestral oppression, it’s not from gringos north of the Rio Grande.
Actually, she was from the Hokey Pokey tribe. Not related to the Hopi tribe
I remember living, in Carlsbad NM back in 1960-1962, by people who spoke Spanish and had a great Spanish cultural influence. But the claimed to be Cherokee!
Then in OUR family tree we were told of a “GENUINE CHERO-KEE INDIAN PRINCESS”.
It showed up in the family records, and was mentioned where she had lived.
A quick look showed her to not be Cherokee but Italian-German.
On the other hand, my wife’s family tree actually shows some Cherokees in their background. Her cousin, living near Tahlequah is definitely Cherokee and is on the tribal roles.
....He is/was also NOT a native American.. if I recall, his heritage was Italian....Mama Mia....!! (also recall that in all of those videos in which he was featured, not one showed any kind of plastic trash...those ads were sponsored by the plastics industry if I recall their history......)
South of the border
Down Mexico way
I met a senorita..
I believe her sisters.
Well she’s qualified to be a senator from Massachusetts
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