Experience is Knowledge...

When NASA was preparing for the Apollo Project, it took the astronauts to a Sioux reservation in South Dakota for training. One day, a Sioux elder and his son came across the space crew walking among the rocks. The elder, who spoke only Sioux, 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 Sioux 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 Sioux 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, laughing uproariously, refused to translate.

So the NASA people took the tape to a nearby Sioux 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!"