A friend e-mailed this to me a few weeks ago. I thought it worth sharing.
NAVAJO MESSAGE TO THE MOON!!!
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 language, 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 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 grinned but he declined to translate. So the NASA people took the tape to a nearby Navajo village and played it for other members of the tribe. They laughed and they too would not translate the elder’s message to the moon. An official government translator was summoned who relayed the message:
“Watch out for these a***oles. They come to steal your land .”
Regards
