Native America - Tule Boat Construction

This video is part of a series called Native America. Your host is Lorenzo, who earned a Master’s degree in American Indian Studies at UCLA. This 18 minute video on constructing a tule boat in California has been compressed into a 4-minute run time. The Coast Miwok and Pomo people lived around today’s Point Reyes National Seashore. Lorenzo tests the tule boat at Tomales Bay, northeast of the Point Reyes peninsula. Order the DVD at: