Anthony Perry

Anthony Perry is a Native American (Chickasaw) author and analyst living in England with his wife and two children.

An illustration including a photo of Sacheen Littlefeather speaking at the 45th Academy Awards.

Sacheen Littlefeather Heritage Fight Takes a New Twist

More than 50 years after Sacheen Littlefeather made Oscar history, her family is firing back at new claims that she really was Native American after all.

Anthony Perry

A photo illustration of an illustrated Oscat statue with a blindfold. Pictures of Sacheen Littlefeather and Buffy Sainte-Marie surround it.

MISSED OPPORTUNITY

Academy Dishonors Native American Cinema With ‘Pretendians’

This Thanksgiving, the Academy Museum in Los Angeles attempted to celebrate “Indigenous Voices” from Hollywood history. How did it go so wrong?

Anthony Perry

Lily Gladstone and the cast of Killers of the Flower Moon sitting in a still

AMERICAN NIGHTMARE

How Scorsese’s ‘Killers’ Fails Native Americans Like Me

Despite Martin Scorsese’s best efforts, ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ can’t escape its fundamentally white lens.

Anthony Perry