WOMAN: [INDISTINCT].

WOMAN 2: I DO, TOO.

VALERIE: WE ARE BUILDING A BABY TI'AT FOR THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM.

THIS IS A LITTLE BABY VERSION OF WHAT OUR OCEAN VESSEL IS.

HEIDI: EVERYBODY IS WORKING TOGETHER AS ONE BIG COMMUNITY.

WHETHER YOU'RE TONGVA, CHUMASH, OR ACJACHEMEN LIKE MYSELF, WE'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER TO BUILD THIS BEAUTIFUL CANOE SO THAT PEOPLE WHO GO TO THE MUSEUM CAN ACTUALLY SEE IT AND FIND OUT MORE ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE KNOW AS A NATIVE COMMUNITY THAT WE BUILT BOATS, BUT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA.

CINDI A.: EVERYTHING IS A RELATIONSHIP WHEN YOU'RE BUILDING THOSE BOATS.

IT'S ALL A RELATIONSHIP THAT YOU ESTABLISH WITH THAT BOAT.

MAN: GOOD.

WOMAN: GOOD.

WOMAN 2: WHEN WE STARTED BUILDING THIS BABY TI'AT, THERE'VE BEEN MANY STEPS, AND EACH OF THEM HAS BROUGHT THEIR OWN TEACHING FROM A DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

I HAD THE BLESSING OF ACTUALLY BEING IN THE ORIGINAL GROUP THAT WENT TO GO ASK THE PEOPLE OF [SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE] COUNTRY IF WE COULD HAVE SOME OF THEIR REDWOOD.

IT WASN'T THAT WE WENT TO HOME DEPOT OR LOWE'S OR SOME HARDWARE STORE TO JUST PICK UP PIECES OF PLYWOOD.

CINDI A.: OUR CANOE MASTER IS MARCUS LOPEZ.

HE'S CHUMASH.

WITHOUT HIS KNOWLEDGE AND HIS DIRECTION, WE CAN'T DO IT.

MARCUS: YOU GOTTA CUT OUT BOTH SIDES BEFORE WE PUT IT IN THE STEAMER.

IF WE MESS UP, YOU'RE GOING TO SCREW UP THE WHOLE BABY TI'AT.

WOMAN: OH, GOD!

THAT'S SO MUCH PRESSURE.

MIZTLAYOLXOCHITL: WE HAVE MY UNCLE CRAIG TORRES, WHO IS TEACHING US HOW TO DO CORDAGE.

LEARNING THE PATIENCE IT TAKES TO SEE THAT IT HAS TO BE CONSISTENT ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

CINDI A.: WE'RE BUILDING IT AT HEIDI LUCERO'S HOUSE.

SHE'S ACJACHEMEN.

WHY?

BECAUSE SHE HAS THE SPACE, BUT ALSO SHE HAS A PARTICULAR KNOWLEDGE AND A TALENT THAT IS CONTRIBUTING TO THAT AND THAT'S HER WORK WITH THE INLAY FOR THE ABALONE.

MIZTLAYOLXOCHITL: WE ALSO HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT EVEN FROM CALIFORNIA.

WE HAVE SAM DENISON, WHO IS [SPEAKING NATIVE LANGUAGE], AND HE'S BRINGING ALL HIS KNOWLEDGE OF KNOWING HOW TO BE AN ENGINEER, HOW TO USE THE TOOLS.

IT'S NOT JUST THE HAMMER AND THE CHISEL ANYMORE.

IT'S NOT JUST STONES AND A MALLET ANYMORE.

AND, OF COURSE, MY AUNTIE'S COMING AND BRINGING FOOD, THEM LEARNING.

MYSELF COMING AND BRINGING FOOD AND MYSELF LEARNING.

IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING OTHER THAN HOW TO HAMMER A HAMMER.

IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING OTHER THAN HOW TO COOK SOME FOOD.

IT DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING OTHER THAN HOW TO SING.

AS LONG AS YOU COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY AND YOU GIVE THAT LITTLE BIT OF WHAT YOU LEARN TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THIS BABY TI'AT BEING BORN, YOU'RE STILL GIVING SOMETHING OF YOURSELF AND YOU'RE STILL LEARNING FROM OTHER PEOPLE AS WELL.

AND SO, IT'S CREATING THAT COMMUNITY.