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<p><strong >Presented in English and Mi’kmaq, the latest chapter in this ambitious series presents a remarkable and respectful collaboration between an Indigenous and non-Indigenous artist, deepening and diversifying our understanding of the intergenerational knowledge of a Mi’kmaw community in Newfoundland.</strong></p>
<p>M<em >iawpukek—The Middle River</em> is Chapter III of <em >Towards an Encyclopedia of Local Knowledge</em>, the art-and-knowledge project of artist-scholar Pam Hall. This volume presents local, place-based knowledge gathered by Hall and artist Jerry Evans. From canoe-building to berry harvesting, from preparing moose nose to foraging for natural medicines, from stewarding eel populations to reclaiming language and traditional cultural practices, <em >Towards an Encyclopedia of Local Knowledge</em>: <em >Chapter III: Miawpukek</em>—<em >The Middle River</em> vividly presents the rich, place-based knowings and doings of this Indigenous community on the south coast of Newfoundland.</p>