NASA and the Dine

[dinewalking_PREV (deleted)]

About 1966 or so, a NASA team doing work for the Apollo moon mission took the astronauts near Tuba City. There the terrain of the Dine' Reservation looks very much like the lunar surface. Among all the trucks and large vehicles were two large figures that were dressed in full lunar spacesuits.

Nearby a Dine' sheep herder and his son were watching the strange creatures walk about, occasionally being tended by other NASA personnel. The two Dine' were noticed and approached by the NASA personnel. Since the man did not know english, he asked his son to asked them who these strange creatures were. The NASA people told them that they were just men that were 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."

[ravenwoman_PREV (deleted)]

`LOL that is a good story!! Guess it didn't make it to the moon huh?

[lookadinee (deleted)]

`HAHA, I always love hearing that joke!

[humored0ne_PREV (deleted)]

`Funny part is, it isnt a joke. It happened *wink*