Remember The Native American Girl...

[Spicerack]

at the Oscars.

[JimF]

Littlefeather?

[Spicerack]

Turns out she was another fake.
https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/Sacheen-Littlefeather-oscar-Native-pretendian-17520648.php

[Spicerack]

Yes, Jim. That was the phoney name she gave herself.

[douglas9401]

Breaking news! Marlon Brando wasn't a Mafia don and James Caan was as Italian as I am.

[Spicerack]

She had some nerve, I'll give her that. Even accepted an apology 50 years later. What a trouper.

[Spicerack]

Difference between playing a part in a movie and pretending to be an Apache all your life, Douglas.

[douglas9401]

If you say so, it's all role play.

Ask Phillip Schofield.

[Spicerack]

The real Injuns are on the warpath.

[Bazile]

//Breaking news! Marlon Brando wasn't a Mafia don and James Caan was as Italian as I am.//

No James Caan is Jonathan , Jonathan ,Jonathan...

[jno]

is this news? Roger Ebert pointed it out nearly 20 years ago.

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040703/PEOPLE/407030301

[Spicerack]

Not on that link.

[naomi24]

It’s news to me, Jno. For an actress that’s one hell of a long running show! What was that about cultural appropriation?

[1ozzy]

Looking for a tepee?
Possibly

[Spicerack]

If she was outed 20 years ago, the people that run the Oscars were unaware.
Ditto, the SJW's (see the recent comments under the YouTube clip)

[Peter Pedant]

In the Times - her real name was Luitha Ramon Guerero Saspareeeya Guttierez Borrrrrbon Ramon y Cajal - duches de Cinchon

hey no wonder she chose Little Liar for short

[ZebuSanctuary]

// no wonder she chose Little Liar for short //

OK. So her exploits were underhanded. However, not only did she manage to 'get one over' all of us, she found a platform to convey a very important injustice!

One cannot help but applaud her intentions.

[davebro]

am I bovvered?

[Bazile]

No one got my little 'joke' then ?

[Spicerack]

No, I don't get it.

[ZebuSanctuary]

// No, I don't get it //

I think it is a reference to the film Rollerball. The protagonist Jonathan E is played by James Caan.

Jonathan's prowess on the Rollerball circuit starts to earn him hero status amongst the masses. Not sure whether OP is alluding to corporate influence and greed, and/or little person against the establishment.

If there is a parallel to be drawn with 'Little Feather', then it's more an allegory than a joke. Perhaps I'm missing the point.