“It’s disgusting to the heritage of the tribal people.
And it’s just… insulting to my parents.”
“It is a fraud,” Cruz said.
Sacheen Littlefeather.Frazer Harrison/Getty Images
Orlandi added, “It’s disgusting to the heritage of the tribal people.
And it’s just… insulting to my parents.
It’s a lie.”
Throughout her life, Littlefeather claimed both White Mountain Apache and Yaqui Indian heritage.
She also claimed that herfather was abusive.
“He was born into poverty.
His father, George Cruz, was an alcoholic who was violent and used to beat him.
And he was passed to foster homes and family.
But my sister Sacheen took what happened to him.”
And that’s when my father called her ‘Littlefeather’?
That’s another fantasy."
“Sacheen did not like herself.
She didn’t like being Mexican,” Orlandi said.
“So, yes, it was better for her that way to play someone else.”
“She lived in a fantasy, and she died in a fantasy.”
