GLOBALISATION ON THE MOON
Back in the 1960s 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 sheep herder 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 understand
or speak 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 a 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."
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