A group of Indigenous Aztec dancers has filed a claim against a U.S. federal agency for confiscating hundreds of traditional Indigenous feathers as the group was crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents seized more than 1,500 feathers typically worn during performances and for cultural and religious practices in March at the San Ysidro Port of Entry in San Diego, according to Ruby Marek, one of the Aztec dancers involved.Noticias Telemundo Los Angeles. “It’s a way for us to build recognition that we’re proud and that this is a land of immigrants, but they want to clip our wings.
Danza Azteca Tenochtitlán, a Los Angeles-based group of Aztec dancers, is made up mostly of Marek's family and her kids. Marek picked up her brother-in-law, who lives in Mexico, from the Tijuana airport and headed back to Los Angeles.
Marek told Noticias Telemundo Los Angeles that the feathers had been passed down from older generations and collected from birds that were already deceased or had molted.“I’d love to demonstrate my culture and religion without being treated like a criminal.”
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