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When the river means everything, nothing will stand in your way.

The path to enlightenment begins at the world’s deadliest wave.

For millennia, California Indians, as this group prefers to be called, have gathered abalone and seaweed, taking only what they need. Today, their traditions are being disrupted by smugglers and colonial regulations.

“I want us to be carpenters. I want us to be timber framers. I don’t want us to be women who frame.” —Jenna Pollard