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Site in Sand Creek, Colorado memorialises the massacre of more than 230 Native Americans by US soldiers in 1864.

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has announced an expansion of a National Park Service historical site dedicated to the massacre by U.S. troops of more than 200 Native Americans in what is now southeastern Colorado

The actor was the first Native American woman to step onto the Academy Awards stage when she delivered Brando's statement

Sacheen Littlefeather, the actor and activist who declined Marlon Brando’s 1973 Academy Award for "The Godfather" on his behalf in an indelible protest of Hollywood's portrayal of Native Americans, has died. She was 75. Littlefeather's niece, Calina Lawrence, confirmed that she died peacefully Sunday, surrounded by loved ones at her…

The Native American actress took the stage when Brando won for ‘The Godfather,’ saying he declined the Academy Award to protest ‘the treatment of American Indians today by the film industry.’

Sacheen Littlefeather made Oscar history after a speech on the mistreatment of Native Americans in the movie industry.

LOS ANGELES — Sacheen Littlefeather, the Native American activist Marlon Brando sent to the 1973 Academy Awards to decline the lead actor Oscar he won for “The Godfather,” has died. She was 75.

The actor and activist who declined Marlon Brando’s 1973 Academy Award for “The Godfather” on his behalf in an indelible protest of how Native Americans had been portrayed on screen has died

Littlefeather was the first woman of colour to use the Academy Awards platform to make a political statement