Subject: The moon
The moon
Early Warning
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.
Finally, an official government translator was summoned. After
he finally stopped laughing the translator relayed the message:
"Watch out for these assholes. They have come to steal your land."
James M. Craven
Blackfoot Name: Omahkohkiaayo-i'poyi
Professor/Consultant,Economics;Business
Division Chair
Clark College, 1800 E. McLoughlin
Blvd.
Vancouver, WA. USA 98663
Tel: (360) 992-2283; Fax: (360)
992-2863
Employer has no
association with private/protected opinion
"Who controls the past
controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past." (George
Orwell)
"...every anticipation of
results which are first to be proved seems disturbing to me...(Karl Marx,
"Grundrisse")
FREE LEONARD
PELTIER!!