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Navajo message to the moon

Soapweed

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When NASA was preparing for the Apollo Project,
it took the astronauts to a Navajo reservation in
Arizona for training. One day, a Navajo elder and
his son came across the space crew walking among
the rocks The elder, who spoke only Navajo, asked
a question.His son translated for the NASA people:
"What are these guys in the big suits doing?"
One of the astronauts said that they were practicing
for a trip to the moon. When his son relayed this comment
the Navajo elder got all excited and asked if it would be
possible to give to the astronauts a message to deliver to the moon.

Recognizing a promotional opportunity when he saw one,
a NASA official accompanying the astronauts said,
"Why certainly!" and told an underling to get a tape recorder.

The Navajo elder's comments into the microphone were brief.
The NASA official asked the son if he would translate what his
father had said. The son listened to the recording and laughed
uproariously. But he refused to translate.

So the NASA people took the tape to a nearby Navajo village
and played it for other members of the tribe They too laughed
long and loudly, but also refused to translate the elder's message
to the moon.

An official government translator was summoned.
After he finally stopped laughing,
the translator relayed the message:

"WATCH OUT FOR THESE 'not nice' HOLES.
THEY HAVE COME TO STEAL YOUR LAND."
 
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