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The Living Force
When NASA was preparing for the Apollo project, it did some astronaut training near a Navajo Indian reservation. One day, a Navajo elder and his son met the space crew out in the desert. The old man, who spoke only Navajo, asked a question which his son translated. “What are the men in big suits doing?ᾠ A member of the crew told him that they were practicing for their trip to the moon. The old man got very excited and asked if he could send a message to the moon with the astronauts.
Recognizing a promotional opportunity, the NASA folks found a tape recorder. After the old man recorded his message, they asked his son to translate it but he refused. So they took the tape to the reservation, where the rest of the tribe listened and laughed but refused to translate the elder’s message for the astronauts.
Finally, the NASA crew called in an official government translator. He listened and when he stopped laughing he said “The message says - shoot the men in big suits; they have come to steal your land.
Recognizing a promotional opportunity, the NASA folks found a tape recorder. After the old man recorded his message, they asked his son to translate it but he refused. So they took the tape to the reservation, where the rest of the tribe listened and laughed but refused to translate the elder’s message for the astronauts.
Finally, the NASA crew called in an official government translator. He listened and when he stopped laughing he said “The message says - shoot the men in big suits; they have come to steal your land.
