Sacheen Littlefeather

He decided in 1973 that he wanted to make a statement about the events at Wounded Knee and contacted AIM about providing a person to accept the Oscar for him. She had previously been the winner of the 1970 Miss American Vampire competition.
She represented Brando and his boycotting of the Best Actor Oscar for The Godfather (1972), as a way to protest the ongoing siege at Wounded Knee and Hollywood and television's misrepresentation of American Indians.Brando had written a fifteen-page speech to be given at the awards by Cruz, but when the producer met her backstage, he threatened to physically remove her or have her arrested if she spoke on stage for more than 45 seconds. She then went backstage and read the entire speech to the press.Exactly what became of the Oscar still remains unknown.
Afterward, she began a brief acting career.