{"id":2529572,"date":"2026-01-04T13:18:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T18:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/that-time-conservatives-john-wayne-and-clint-eastwood-had-to-repel-a-liberal-indians-surprise-attack-in-the-middle-of-the-74-oscars\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T13:20:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T18:20:33","slug":"that-time-conservatives-john-wayne-and-clint-eastwood-had-to-repel-a-liberal-indians-surprise-attack-in-the-middle-of-the-74-oscars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/that-time-conservatives-john-wayne-and-clint-eastwood-had-to-repel-a-liberal-indians-surprise-attack-in-the-middle-of-the-74-oscars\/","title":{"rendered":"That Time Conservatives John Wayne and Clint Eastwood Had to Repel a Liberal Indian&#8217;s Surprise Attack in the Middle of the &#8217;74 Oscars"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">46<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthat-time-conservatives-john-wayne-and-clint-eastwood-had-to-repel-a-liberal-indians-surprise-attack-in-the-middle-of-the-74-oscars%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2529572&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pete-buttigieg-is-obviously-lying-about-crime-under-biden\/\" title=\"Pete Buttigieg Is Obviously Lying About Crime Under Biden\">piece recounts<\/a> the notorious 1974 Oscars moment when Marlon Brando refused his Best Actor award for The Godfather and sent Native American activist Sacheen Littlefeather to speak on his behalf about Hollywood&#8217;s treatment of Indigenous people and events at Wounded Knee. It describes the mixed reaction in the audience, notes John Wayne&#8217;s alleged urge to confront her and clint Eastwood&#8217;s sardonic remark, and places the episode alongside other controversial Oscar moments. The article traces how Littlefeather later became celebrated by the Hollywood left as an elder and mentor, but also cites posthumous reporting and family statements questioning her claimed Native American identity. Written with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/10-hollywood-movies-that-snuck-conservative-themes-on-screen\/\" title=\"10 Hollywood Movies That Snuck Conservative Themes on Screen\">conservative tone<\/a>, the piece criticizes the American Indian Movement and frames Wayne and Eastwood as having responded appropriately, while deriding later Hollywood figures who, in the author&#8217;s view, would not have done the same.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>As another year comes to a close, it behooves us to remember conservative heroes past and present. John Wayne and Clint Eastwood certainly manage to fit those bills, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>And, on one decidedly woke Academy Awards night in 1974 &mdash; back when the word woke literally meant &ldquo;to arise from slumber&rdquo; &mdash; the two Hollywood cowboys managed to provide a bit of sanity to the most farcical moment in Oscars history.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, that&rsquo;s even counting Chris Rock getting slapped by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jada-pinkett-smith-warned-will-smiths-friend-end-missing-even-catch-bullet-revealed-knew-family-lawsuit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Will Smith<\/a> or &ldquo;Crash&rdquo; winning Best Picture. That&rsquo;s how bad the 1974 ceremony was.<\/p>\n<p>For those of you who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-media-will-debunk-trumps-debate-claims-then-brings-out-debunked-lying-dog-faced-pony-soldier-quote\/\" title=\"Biden Says Media Will Debunk Trump&#039;s Debate Claims ... Then Brings Out Debunked &#039;Lying Dog-Faced Pony Soldier&#039; Quote\">weren&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t alive then, Marlon Brando was pretty much a shoo-in for Best Actor for his role in &ldquo;The Godfather.&rdquo; Except, Brando didn&rsquo;t want to accept the award.<\/p>\n<p>In his place was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-3-years-woke-ism-hit-norm-macdonald-hollywood-howling-indian-bit-3-years-later-call-evil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sacheen Littlefeather<\/a>, a Native American activist who decided to use the occasion to get up on her soapbox about Wounded Knee, the site of a showdown between the militant American Indian Movement, which seized the South Dakota town, and federal law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My name is Sacheen Littlefeather. I&rsquo;m Apache and I am president of the National Native American Affirmative Image Committee. I&rsquo;m representing Marlon Brando this evening and he has asked me to tell you in a very long speech, which I cannot  with you presently because of time but I will be glad to  with the press afterwards, that he very regretfully cannot accept this very generous award,&rdquo; she said in her remarks.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And the reasons for this being are the treatment of American Indians today by the film industry &ndash; excuse me &ndash; and on television in movie reruns, and also with recent happenings at Wounded Knee,&rdquo; she continued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I beg at this time that I have not intruded upon this evening and that we will in the future, our hearts and our understandings will meet with love and generosity. Thank you on behalf of Marlon Brando.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>This became one of the most infamous moments in the history of the Academy Awards &mdash; although more famous than infamous as time went on, alas:<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Marlon Brando's Best Actor Oscar win for \" the godfather sacheen littlefeather width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2QUacU0I4yU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-news\/oscars-most-shocking-moments-will-smith-chris-rock-slap-1328914\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rolling Stone<\/a> pointed out, a few cowboys had the right response at the time:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>  Littlefeather&rsquo;s moment in the spotlight drew a mix of cheers and boos, and she later claimed that none other than on-camera cowboy John Wayne was itching to storm the stage and remove her himself; thankfully, he was ultimately restrained by security guards. Later in the ceremony, Clint Eastwood tried a little counterprotest himself, quipping, &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know if I should present this award on behalf of all the cowboys shot in all the John Ford westerns over the years.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Touch&eacute;.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, as the years passed, Littlefeather went from being a farcical footnote to a veritable hero to the Hollywood left. Before her death in 2022, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2021\/jun\/03\/i-promised-brando-i-would-not-touch-his-oscar-secret-life-sacheen-littlefeather\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.K. Guardian<\/a> described Littlefeather as &ldquo;one of the elders transmitting knowledge down generations &hellip; where she mentors young Native American people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m going to another place,&rdquo; she told the paper. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m going to the world of my ancestors. I&rsquo;m saying goodbye to you&hellip; I&rsquo;ve earned the right to be my true self.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>As it turned out, her &ldquo;true self&rdquo; was, to quote the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/opinion\/openforum\/article\/Sacheen-Littlefeather-oscar-Native-pretendian-17520648.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Chronicle<\/a> on the matter, &ldquo;an ethnic fraud.&rdquo; Her biological sisters told the paper after her death that she was actually of Mexican heritage with a father born in Oxnard, California.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I mean, you&rsquo;re not gonna be a Mexican American princess,&rdquo; her sister Trudy Orlandi said. &ldquo;You&rsquo;re gonna be an American Indian princess. It was more prestigious to be an American Indian than it was to be Hispanic in her mind.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>And as for the American Indian Movement &mdash; a vicious, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >nefarious domestic terrorist organization<\/a> which counted convicted FBI-agent murderer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/dems-fake-concern-fbi-dem-sen-celebrates-man-murdered-2-agents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leonard Peltier<\/a> among its activist ranks &mdash; it lost at Wounded Knee and has never regained the minatory aura it held in the turbulent 1970s. Turns out that John Wayne and Clint Eastwood were the guys in the white hats after all, even with woke Hollywood&rsquo;s attempted retconning of Sacheen Littlefeather&rsquo;s fatuous display.<\/p>\n<p>And rest assured, if something as ridiculous as this happens again, you ain&rsquo;t going to see Timothee Chalamet and Pedro Pascal stepping up the way John and Clint did.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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