Interesting Stories
Navajo Wisdom
About 1969 or so, a NASA team doing work for the Apollo moon Mission
took the astronauts near Tuba City where the terrain of the Navajo
Reservation looks very much like the lunar surface.
Along with all the trucks and large vehicles, there were two large
figures dressed in full lunar spacesuits. Nearby, a Navajo sheepherder
and his son were watching the strange creatures walk about, occasionally
being tended by personnel. The two Navajo people were noticed and
approached by the NASA personnel. Since the man did not know English,
his son asked for him what the strange creatures were and the NASA
people told them that they are just men that are getting ready to go to
the moon. The man became very excited and asked if he could send a
message to the moon with the astronauts.
The NASA personnel thought this was a great idea so they rustled up
tape recorder. After the man gave them his message, they asked
his son to translate. His son would not.
Later, they tried a few more people on the reservation to translate
and every person they asked would chuckle and then refuse to translate.
Finally, with cash in hand, someone translated the message, "Watch
out for these guys, they come to take your land." |
