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Completed in 1791, the church at Mission San Francisco de Asís, also known as Mission Dolores, still stands in Yelamu Ramaytush Ohlone territory in present-day San Francisco. Spanish priests hoped baptized Ohlone , Coast Miwok , Bay Miwok , Patwin , and Wappo kept at Mission Dolores would fully accept the Catholic religion and assimilate To take on the behavior, language, and life ways of a different culture or nation to Spanish culture. The Spanish forced Native people to build the mission and then do all the work needed to run it, including planting crops, caring for livestock, blacksmithing, carpentry, weaving, and making candles and soap. The missionaries also forced Native people to attend church services, practice Catholic rituals A series of acts done in a set or precise manner that are part of a religion, belief system, or culture , and learn the Spanish language and customs. However, as members of different tribes married one another, Native peoples at Mission Dolores created a new kind of community with mixed languages and a blending of cultural traditions from more than one tribe.¹ Even though Spanish missionaries were watching them, the Native artists chose to paint traditional basket designs across the entire ceiling of the church at Mission Dolores.