The Chumash have been a maritime culture for thousands of years, their territory stretching from Malibu to Point Conception and westward to the sandstone cliffs of the Channel Islands, twenty miles

The Chumash have been a maritime culture for thousands of years, their territory stretching from Malibu to Point Conception and westward to the sandstone cliffs of the Channel Islands, twenty miles off the coast of California. To navigate the treacherous currents of the channel for fishing and trading, they built the strong plank canoe tomols for which they are famous. But over centuries of European colonization, which included forced assimilation and enslavement of Chumash people, the craft of tomol building was nearly lost. Today, Alan Salazar works alongside his Chumash and Fernandeño Tataviam communities to pass their knowledge to the next generation of tomol builders and paddlers. Please join us in supporting the Tataviam Land Conservancy’s project to build two tomols, which will bring folks from the Fernandeño Tataviam and Chumash tribes together through educational events and workshops around tomol craft, culture and paddling. Please specify “Tomol Project” in the message box on donation page. https://www.tataviam.land/donation/ Directed by Ben-Alex Dupris Produced by Lisa Remington, Monika McClure Exec Producer Alex Lowther, Damien Etchaubard Edited by Nate Blackmon Music by Minna Choi Cinematography Martina Radwan Additional Cinematography Serena Hodges, Tim Davis Field Sound Recordist Adam Foster Jacobs Associate Producer & Boatman Peter Bruno Field Producer Katy Beal Assistant Editors Anthony Deng, David Aristizabal Image Treatments Alphonse Swinehardt Title Treatment Ben Blanchard Map Barry Thompson DI by Different by Design DI Colorist Luke Cahill DI Editor Misha Aranyshev DI Assistant Mike Werner DI Producers Matt Radecki, Greg Lanesey, Thomas Carmichal Re-Recording Mixer David F. Van Slyke Footage Provided by Michael Hanrahan "Return to Limuw" NOAA "Homecoming: Journey to Limuw" Archival Images Santa Barbara Natural History Museum Museum of Ventura County Black Gold Cooperative Library System The Bancroft Library, Gerald Cassidy pictorial collection Very Special Thanks Alan Salazar & Mona Lewis Chumash Tomol Families Marcus Lopez Matthew Vestuto Special Thanks Tim Davis Jeff McElroy Hannah Rogers Deya Terrafranca Kristina Uvalle Nicholas Zachar For more from Patagonia Films, visit https://www.patagonia.com/films/

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In this episode on community wealth building, we look at how communities are working to transform their local economies by harnessing the assets that exist in their place. It’s the Kryptonite to

In this episode on community wealth building, we look at how communities are working to transform their local economies by harnessing the assets that exist in their place. It’s the Kryptonite to the corporate model that extracts wealth from communities. Instead, they’re anchoring capital and resources locally to directly invest in that place and its people - from land to money and finance. We hear from Nicole Ndumele from the Center for American Progress; Mike Strode, from The Kola Nut Collaborative; and Deyanira del Río of the New Economy Project. Resources Center for American Progress (https://www.americanprogress.org/) New Economy Project (https://www.neweconomynyc.org/) O (https://opencollective.com/foundation) pen Collective Foundation (https://kolanutcollab.org/) The Kola Nut Collaborative (https://kolanutcollab.org/) Our Economic Future: Achieving a More Equitable Society by Radically Rethinking Our Guiding Economic Ideas (https://bioneers.org/bioneers-reader-our-economic-future/) | Bioneers Reader This episode is part 1 of a 4-part series exploring how communities are working to transform their local economies by harnessing their assets, anchoring capital and resources locally to directly invest in that place and its people – from land to money and finance. Explore the full series here. (https://bioneers.org/CWBSeries) Guest Host Laura Flanders is the host and executive producer of Laura Flanders & Friends (https://lauraflanders.org/) , which airs on PBS stations nationwide. She is an Izzy-Award winning independent journalist, a New York Times bestselling author and the recipient of the Pat Mitchell Lifetime Achievement Award from the Women’s Media Center. Credits This series is co-produced by Bioneers and Laura Flanders & Friends Laura Flanders & Friends Producers: Laura Flanders and Abigail Handel Production Assistance: Jeannie Hopper and David Neumann Bioneers Executive Producer: Kenny Ausubel Senior Producer: Stephanie Welch Producer: Teo Grossman Host and Consulting Producer: Neil Harvey Program Engineer and Music Supervisor: Emily Harris

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