{"product_id":"ancient-land-new-land-skmaqn-port-la-joye-fort-amherst-national-historic-site-of-canada-9781773660707","title":"Ancient Land, New Land: Skmaqn - Port-La-Joye - Fort Amherst National Historic Site of Canada","description":"\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\u003eAs 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Acorn Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781773660707\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.77lbs","brand":"A. J. B. Johnston, Jesse Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42183778828469,"sku":"9781773660707","price":19.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_12ad3c74-ea10-4ccb-9a07-e74e4105c6ef.jpg?v=1654570832","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/ancient-land-new-land-skmaqn-port-la-joye-fort-amherst-national-historic-site-of-canada-9781773660707","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}