Coastal people built canoes, and feasting and dancing were regular activities.

The expedition moved on to the Luilu River, where they built canoes to make the crossing.

"What can we teach to men who can build canoes as big as a hundred of ours?"

They used the tree parts to build canoes.

Early inhabitants of the area were the Chumash, a peaceful tribe who built canoes and milled the acorns.

Mau learned more about navigating by stars (wofanu) from his father, and how to fish and build canoes.

It is also likely that many palms were cut down to build canoes for fishing.

From there, he sails to Tonga where he teaches the inhabitants better ways to build canoes.

They settled in huts along the green marshes and built canoes to glide through the twisting streams.

Cedar was an important building material and was used by tribes to build both longhouses and large canoes.