Keeping the Beat of Our Ancestors’ Hearts
WHO WE ARE
The Alliance for Felix Cove advocates for the protection and restoration of the only remaining 19th century Tomalko (Coast Miwok Tomales Bay)-built home at Point Reyes National Seashore.
The Alliance aims to re-indigenize the ancestral homelands of the Felix Family—the last Tomalko family to live on the western shores of Tomales Bay at Felix Cove known as Laird’s Landing.
Indigenous Youth Kayak Program 2023
Bringing back the vitality of Indigenous pathways as practiced by our ancestors, the spirit of living with Mother Earth, is at the center of our work. That process unfolds in this beautiful video on our Indigenous Youth Kayak Program.
Video production by Hewitt Visuals
The Spirit of Living with Mother Earth
Reawakening Indigenous Lifeways for Future Generations
It’s been well over two centuries since the waters of Tamal-liwa, now known as Tomales Bay, were dotted with tule canoes traditionally made by Támal-ko people. But last fall, a brand new tule canoe set out on Tamal-liwa–one made entirely by a group of young people learning the ancestral practices of the Támal-ko.
Support the restoring of Coast Miwok/Tamal-ko history
As the movement to return Indigenous lands into Indigenous hands continues to grow, in Northern California, the Alliance for Felix Cove is fighting to protect, restore and rematriate the ancestral homelands of the Coast Miwok/Tamal-ko Felix Family.
Donate today in support of restoring Coast Miwok/Tamal-ko history and to save the Felix Family home and ancestral land so that future generations can walk in the footsteps of our Tamal-ko ancestors at Tamal-liwa. Wali ka molis.
The Power of Indigenous Women’s Leadership
What does it mean to be Indigenous-women led?
Hear it directly from the Strawberry Sisters Leadership Circle – the group of powerful, dynamic Indigenous women whose experiences, wisdom, and fortitude have shaped the Alliance’s vision for rematriation from the very beginning.
Strawberry Sister Leadership Circle members (two missing) and esteemed guests at our annual retreat. April 2024.
Celebrating the Return of Indigenous Land to Indigenous Hands Across Northern California
The return of Indigenous land into Indigenous hands is always a significant and powerful step toward justice. And we are overjoyed that Indigenous people and communities across Northern California are now successfully reclaiming access to their traditional homelands – to protect for future generations.
Coming Home to the Cove
A Story of Family, Memory, and Stolen Land
an Emergence Magazine Production
Episode 4 of 4
What does a place, a community, look like when it welcomes home Indigenous presence? Recorded in January 2025, this new fourth episode of “Coming Home to the Cove” explores the impact of Theresa Harlan’s work to protect, restore, and rematriate Felix Cove over the last three years—from widening community awareness of Coast Miwok history; to opening hearts to allyship between Indigenous and settler families; and running traditional ecological knowledge workshops. Amid ongoing vandalism of her ancestral home, rancher evictions, and new land management, Theresa continues to fight for a larger vision of healing, and asks, are we willing to come together to honor the entire story of a land?
OUR FOCUS
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Share the Story
At least four generations of the Tomalko (Coast Miwok Tomales Bay) Felix Family are known to have lived at Felix Cove. We want to share that story with the world.
Photographs courtesy © Jocelyn Knight
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Connect
We have a passion for gathering Indigenous peoples together who work to re-Indigenize ancestral lands held as public and private lands.
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Community
We are building strategic alliances with Indigenous traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) organizations, environmental and climate justice organizations.
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Grow the Cause
We aim to be a catalyst for the creation of the Felix Family Historical District, a Felix Family living history center and Indigenous plant garden at Point Reyes National Seashore.
Acknowledgement to Our Ancestors
The Felix Family descend from Coast Miwok, Tomalko people of Tamal-liwa, Tomales Bay. For generations since time immemorial, our ancestors lived on Tamal-liwa, harvesting foods and living among the relatives. We thank the ancestors for bringing us life and shaping the world they gifted to us.
Pictured to the Left: Bertha Campigli and her cow Babe. photo credit: Felix Family Archive
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