Los Angeles, Calif.-At the Academy Awards on February 9, 2020, Taiki Waititi was the first person of Maori descent to win an Oscar, and was the first indigenous person to be nominated in the adapted screenplay category. Waititi was the writer-director-actor for the movie "JojoRabbit." Though Waititi was not a First Nations or Native American, he used his win in the American annual high-profile event to draw attention to Indigenous people all over.
"I want to dedicate this to all the indigenous kids in the world who want to do art and dance, and write stories," he said during his acceptance spe...
