wire a head for reservations

[ionutzavram]

can u please tel me what wire a head for reservations means here?

The Sioux tribe sent one of their brightest young men to engineer¬
ing school. After graduating, he returned home and was immediate¬
ly assigned to install electric lights in all the latrines, so he became
famous for being the first Indian to wire a head for reservations.​

 

[David L.]

...famous for being the first Indian to wire a head for reservations.


This is a pun. We say we wire(=old-fashioned 'send a telegram') ahead(=in advance) for reservations for a hotel.
American Indians live on reservations (= an area of land set aside exclusively for them to live on)
a head : Nautical slang for a toilet

Put it all together - can you see the joke?

 

[ionutzavram]

...famous for being the first Indian to wire a head for reservations.


This is a pun. We say we wire(=old-fashioned 'send a telegram') ahead(=in advance) for reservations for a hotel.
American Indians live on reservations (= an area of land set aside exclusively for them to live on)
a head : Nautical slang for a toilet

Put it all together - can you see the joke?

yes thank you!