{"product_id":"ancient-land-new-land-skmaqn-port-la-joye-fort-amherst-national-historic-site-of-canada-paperback","title":"Ancient Land, New Land: Skmaqn - Port-La-Joye - Fort Amherst National Historic Site of Canada - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eA. J. B. Johnston\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJesse Francis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSkmaqn -- Port-La-Joye -- Fort Amherst National Historic Site reflects on a place that helped shape and define Prince Edward Island, offering a history of the site and explaining its importance to three distinct peoples.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor the Mi?kmaq, Skmaqn was and is part of their ancient and ongoing traditional territory of Epikwitk.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor the Acadians, Port-la-Joye was a new home and the scene of great tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor the British, Fort Amherst was a place where another chapter of colonization began.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis history speaks to nation-wide and universal themes: Indigenous-settler relations and the challenges of newcomers adapting to a new land. The story presented in these pages is a witness to the struggle of refugees, the desire to plan and build, the destruction of war, and, throughout, the resilience and resolution of the human spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"As the location of the first formal settler - Mi'kmaw interaction and relationship-building on our Island, it marks a before-and-after moment, a turning point in our history.\" -- Chief Darlene Bernard, Lennox Island First Nation, Co-chair, Epekwitk Assembly of Councils.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 105\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.9 x 7.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42157312802951,"sku":"9781773660707","price":24.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/7ab46de9b7d523ca98b763b1b7fb9af1.webp?v=1733249955","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/ancient-land-new-land-skmaqn-port-la-joye-fort-amherst-national-historic-site-of-canada-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}