I wanted to pass along a story my parents told me about living in New Mexico in the early ’60s. They were watching an Old Western one day and a crowd of Navajos were in the theater.

They were there because a local elder was playing a chief making peace with the white man. 

Whenever he made a speech, the whole theater would roar with laughter. The caption was in stereotypical broken English. A Navajo friend told them later, he was actually insulting the white man in Navajo.

I’ve always thought that was hilarious. Get your digs in when you can 🙂

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