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 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 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.

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 the elder wanted sent to the
Moon:

"WATCH OUT FOR THESE B****RDS . . . THEY HAVE COME
TO STEAL YOUR LAND."

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Religion is a smile on a dog."

Kudos to the strength and wisdom of Native Cultures everywhere.

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