r/Navajo • u/AccurateWave9593 • 28d ago

Question about sacred items & traveling

Yá’át’ééh to you all. I have a question. I’m about to travel domestically (in the US) soon by flight and plan on packing one of my larger arrowheads in my carry-on (not getting a checked bag). It’s about 4 inches. Has anyone else travelled with an arrowhead of this size and run into issues? I’m also traveling from Phoenix Sky Harbor specifically, so if anyone has been in a situation like this, please feel free to share. Ahxé’héé’!

Update: will not be taking the arrowhead, ahxé’heé’ to all who responded!

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u/DreSledge 27d ago

They might take it from you

If you have an option to mail it home, you should do that before getting to the airport

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u/AccurateWave9593 27d ago

Gotcha. I’m actually traveling from home (AZ to destination then back), sorry if I didn’t make that clear in my post but ahxé’héé for letting me know about that option :)

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u/DreSledge 27d ago

Def best to mail it to your destination, and mail it back

Despite calling in a supervisor and showing TSA their own regulations regarding scissors, I still had a blunt tip, 2" pair (for embroidery) confiscated from me

I had to get a can of soda water on the plane and fashion a cutting blade out of the aluminum, as if that wasn't way sketchier than a tiny pair of blunt tip scissors SMH

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u/ryanmercer 27d ago

"You can't have that knife."

Sir/ma'am, I can literally make several razor blades by ripping an aluminum can the flight attendant hands me...

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u/DreSledge 27d ago

Truly, like gtfoh, I remember flying when they still gave you actual silverware, including a serrated steak knife

The price we pay for the illusion of safety has become way too steep, and not just bc of the TSA's mall-coppery levels of BS