Marie Louise Cruz was the real birth name of the late actress  Sacheen Littlefeather.

Though Sacheen Littlefeather passed on last year in  October at 76 her works speak volumes to date.

Professionally aside from acting business, she was into modeling and above all a great activist on behalf of Native American civil rights.

Johnny Firecloud(1975) ,Reel Injun(2009) ,Sacheen , The Trial of Billy Jack
(1974 ), Counselor at Crime(1973) and Sacheen Littlefeathe’s  Winterhawk (1975) movie placed her on top of the acting ranks back in the day.

This piece gives more insight into her ancestry placing more emphasis on where she was born and raised as a child.

Is Sacheen Littlefeather really native?

Per our findings, Littlefeather is a true breed of true Native American Indian descent

Sacheen Littlefeather was born on November 14, 1946, in Salinas, California, United States

Our search revealed Her mother, Geraldine Marie Cruz, was from Santa Barbara, California, and was of French, German, and Dutch ancestry.

On the other Littlefeather’s father, Manuel Ybarra Cruz was of White Mountain Apache and Yaqui descent and was also from Oxnard, California.