Mihku Paul, a Wolastoqey (Maliseet) educator, artist, writer, and activist, takes a walk at Fore River Sanctuary. She shares about what she learned from a traditional elder as a child, her current work as an educator and artist, and reads an original poem, "A Snail Primer."

This story is part of the Stories for Change initiative by the Nature Based Education Consortium. This story was a collaboration between Mihku Paul and Stories for Change.

Interviewer: Tessa Shanteler. Videographer and editor: Eli Kao. Story editors: Audrey Cole, Rosanna Gargiulo, Jen Hazard, Kalisto Nanen, Adrienne Singer. Transcriber: Kalisto Nanen. Administrator: Sarah Madronal. Story coordinators: Tessa Shanteler and Emily Weyrauch.

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