{"product_id":"ancient-land-new-land-a-j-b-johnston-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\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e A. J. B. Johnston, Jesse Francis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1773660705\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781773660707\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Acorn Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 105\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 7.90w x 0.40d","brand":"A. J. B. Johnston","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44077262766335,"sku":"9781773660707","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f832cc76-faa9-4a3c-8dec-6bb148dd2378.jpg?v=1685469059","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ancient-land-new-land-a-j-b-johnston-9781773660707","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}