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Despite the claim here that she is part Mexican, she is, in fact, Native American: part Apache, part Yaqui, part Pueblo and part Caucasian. "Littlefeather" is a name she used professionally, and still uses today. - anon. editor #68.125.225.202, Sep. 15, 2005

Well, that would certainly be a surprise to the Apache and Yaqui peoples, neither of which show her father's name on their rolls. There is no evidence whatsoever that she is Native American except for her own claim to be so. Manuel Cruz appears on no tribal roll for either group, which means he wasn't part of the tribe. Incidentally, 'Apache and Yaqui' is a pretty common claim for those with hispanic heritage who concoct tales of fake Native American heritage. Apr. 14, 2022 Austinlewis87 (talk) 15:47, 2 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The Mexican footnote should be deleted from above. Saying that she is Mexican is like stating one is from the United States or Canada. Like smaller numbers of persons from the U.S. and Canada, many Mexicans are of Native American descent. These borders did not exist to the native peoples and aren't particularly relevant in that context. - anon. editor #132.216.227.219, Sep. 24, 2005

Expanded with birth place and filmography.--Dakota ~ ε ° 22:04, 9 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Isn't someone who is Mexican and whose descent is "part Caucasian" not generally considered to be a "Native American," but rather a Mestizo? john k 20:50, 12 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry to burst the taboo bubble but "Native Americans" are technically "mestizo" (mixed) too (Chaske Spencer, Tyler Christopher (actor), Kiowa Gordon among others). Reservations accept anyone as long as you got indian blood and identify with it. For example one can only have 25% indian blood and classify as Native American. And FYI "White Americans" are not purely 100% white yet they still identify as white (especially when they look it) and see themselves as such (this includes African-Americans as well) so..... Please stop the double standard ignoramuses.--76.213.233.236 (talk) 23:19, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Wasn't she blackballed from Hollywood? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.59.196.194 (talk) 18:54, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Reliable Sources

I am not saying I know that there are untruths, but a claim like saying John Wayne had to be physically restrained should probably either be sourced somewhere other than an interview with Littlefeather, or it should be noted that she claims it is true. That should have an independent source if it's going to be stated as a fact. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.127.146.222 (talk) 03:10, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Reasonable request. 24.42.183.131 (talk) 01:18, 31 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

There's really no other source that doesn't come directly from her.

Much like her claim that her father was Yaqui or Apache, despite Manuel Cruz appearing in neither tribe's rolls.

The reality is that much of what she claimed about her life, the only 'evidence' is her claims and nothing else. For example, there is no evidence that John Wayne (or Clint Eastwood) ever tried to assault her, except for her own words. Every single place where someone told the story, they could find no other account but hers. Her claim that she's Native American? No evidence other than her own words.

For the claim that John Wayne had to be stopped from assaulting her, there is no evidence whatsoever. There wasn't even an article about it in 1973 (the year that the alleged even took place), nor until DECADES later.

Pretty much every claim she's made about herself, from her Native American heritage to her near-encounter with John Wayne, should be taken with a grain of salt. Austinlewis87 (talk) 17:35, 2 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia reports what reliable sources say. So far, multiple reliable sources report the incident with John Wayne having to be restrained and kept from harming her as fact. I see no reason to doubt the reliability of these sources, given that no sources which call this event into question has been produced. Lots of secondary sources make determinations about the facts they report by pointing to only one source of info for that fact. This doesn't mean the source is the only one, it's just the only source provided. --Pinchme123 (talk) 17:57, 2 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sacheen = ?

Is there a meaning of her self-chosen first name Sacheen? Does anybody else carry this name?

At least for an answer to the first question she could be a fine source ; ) Helium4 (talk) 14:35, 16 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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 :Isn't someone who is Mexican and whose descent is "part Caucasian" not generally considered to be a "Native American," but rather a [[Mestizo]]? [[User:John Kenney|john k]] 20:50, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
 ::Sorry to burst the taboo bubble but "Native Americans" are technically "mestizo" (mixed) too ([[Chaske Spencer]], [[Tyler Christopher (actor)]], [[Kiowa Gordon]] among others). Reservations accept anyone as long as you got indian blood and identify with it. For example one can only have 25% indian blood and classify as Native American. And FYI "White Americans" are not purely 100% white yet they still identify as white (especially when they look it) and see themselves as such (this includes African-Americans as well) so..... Please stop the [[double standard]] ignoramuses.--[[Special:Contributions/76.213.233.236|76.213.233.236]] ([[User talk:76.213.233.236|talk]]) 23:19, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
-:::What you've written is mostly wrong.
-:::You can't just walk into a reservation with 'indian blood' you identify with and get membership. You have to show that you have an actual familial connection with the tribe. You have to show that your parents (in this case, Manuel Cruz) show up on the rolls for the tribe you're trying to join.
-:::Manuel Cruz, who was, according to Littlefeather (and only Littlefeather) 50/50 Yaqui and Apache, should've shown up on at least one roll, if not both. He shows up on neither.
-:::At the time that she was young, in the stories she often told about being called colored and having to use the colored drinking fountain, it's unlikely that would've happened.  Hispanics were, at the time, defined as 'White' or 'Caucasian.'
-:::It is highly likely that Littlefeather had no association with either tribe, and is just a liar. [[User:Austinlewis87|Austinlewis87]] ([[User talk:Austinlewis87|talk]]) 17:43, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
-::::Please keep your Redmond liberal agenda to yourself when replying to a very non-confrontational question from an editor.
-:I dont know. Its difficult to trust anything that comes from her directly. In [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040703/PEOPLE/407030301], her lawyers now claim that Cruz was her married name and that she started using the name littlefeather as a stage name in 1965. <small>—The preceding [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|unsigned]] comment was added by [[Special:Contributions/12.96.162.45|12.96.162.45]] ([[User talk:12.96.162.45|talk]]) 17:25, 8 December 2006 (UTC).</small><!-- HagermanBot Auto-Unsigned -->
-: Cruz is a Spanish last name. I'm not defending Ms. Littlefeather's heritage but remember many Native Americans were inslaved by the Spanish, French and English, so on and so on, and just like the African American ancestors were given their owners last names so that if they ran away they would know where to return them to.
-:: Very True.^^^ It amazes me how people judge on a clearly non-white person based on one's surname considering that this is America home of slaves. I also would like to point out that indians did not carry surnames (fyi "Littlefeather" are made up english-language names & not all Native Americans have surname like "Little Bear" but just plain English names) In actuality indians were just one namers but when converting to Christianity indians were given Christian last names (which were Spanish) she is from California which is where a lot of the catholic missionaries were. In my eyes Sacheen Littlefeather is Native American because she still looks it and most importantly she wants to be.--[[Special:Contributions/76.213.233.236|76.213.233.236]] ([[User talk:76.213.233.236|talk]]) 23:36, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
-::'In my eyes, she's Native American because she looks it and MOST IMPORTANTLY WANTS TO BE'
-::Yeah, sorry, no one cares what she wants. She's a conwoman, which is why you never read about her doing anything with her actual alleged tribes (Yaquis and WMApache).
-::She is not Native American. Her father appears on no tribal roll. She appears on no tribal roll. She is a child of Mexican immigrants who has as much evidence that she's Native American as Elizabeth Warren does. [[User:Austinlewis87|Austinlewis87]] ([[User talk:Austinlewis87|talk]]) 17:51, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
-::: Non-white, NON-WHITE... ?! Give me a break, but Mrs.Littlefeather is clearly a fake; first of all you can see a mile away that she's a white woman at all, but then... her elusive red heritage is completely untraceable, dark, contradictory, empty and patchy. The lady is Native American as they were Grey Owl, Chief Thundercloud, Mona Darkfeather and Iron Eyes Cody, you will see it one day.
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 At least for an answer to the first question she could be a fine source ; ) [[User:Helium4|Helium4]] ([[User talk:Helium4|talk]]) 14:35, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
-:Much like her 'last name', it's entirely bullshit. She claims her Navajo friends 'gave' her the name during her work with AIM occupying Alcatraz. It's as phony as her claims of being Native American.  Weird how her dad shows up on neither role for the tribes she claims he was descended of.  Weird  how even HIS parents don't  show up.
-:'Sacheen Littlefeather' is a boring, white/Latina girl who got into the far-left 'Native' activism of the 70s and crafted herself a profitable person for it. Nothing more. [[Special:Contributions/2603:6011:4602:B4D4:707D:C132:85DC:9AE6|2603:6011:4602:B4D4:707D:C132:85DC:9AE6]] ([[User talk:2603:6011:4602:B4D4:707D:C132:85DC:9AE6|talk]]) 16:51, 16 August 2022 (UTC)