"Tamal-liwa: Welcoming Our Relative Home" is a story of healing through re-indigenizing the areas that are are now called Tomales Bay and San Francisco Bay. It was made in partnership with the Alliance for Felix Cove. In the film, the Alliance brings together a community of people to build a series of tule reed boats. Many of the people involved have ancestors who used this type of boat on a daily basis. For some builders, it was the first time they had ever touched a boat made from tules. It is my wish that this project will help viewers understand that those who are most qualified to make decisions about the land and the water are the people with the deepest loving relationships with them.

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