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Wente, Jesse.
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Wente, Jesse.
Indigenous men -- Canada -- Identity.
Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Biography.
Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Social conditions.
First Nations -- Biography.
Canada -- Ethnic relations.
Canada -- Race relations -- Biography.
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Wente, Jesse.
Wente, Jesse.
Indigenous men -- Canada -- Identity.
Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Biography.
Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Social conditions.
First Nations -- Biography.
Canada -- Ethnic relations.
Canada -- Race relations -- Biography.
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Unreconciled : family, truth, and
Indigenous
resistance / Jesse Wente.
by
Wente, Jesse.
Allen Lane Canada, 2021.
Call #:
970.1 W477u
Subjects
Wente, Jesse.
Indigenous
men
--
Canada
--
Identity
.
Indigenous
peoples
--
Canada
--
Biography.
Indigenous
peoples
--
Canada
--
Social conditions.
First Nations
--
Biography.
Canada
--
Ethnic relations.
Canada
--
Race relations
--
Biography.
ISBN:
9780735235731 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Family, truth, and
Indigenous
resistance
Description:
208 p. ; 23 cm.
Summary:
"Jesse Wente remembers the exact moment he realized that he was a certain kind of Indian. Not Anishinaabe or Ojibwe, but seen as a stereotypical cartoon Indian. He was playing softball as a child when the opposing team began to war-whoop when he was at bat. It was just one of many incidents that formed Wente's understanding of what it means to be a modern
Indigenous
person in a society still overwhelmingly colonial in its attitudes and institutions. As the child of an American father and an Anishinaabe mother, Wente grew up in Toronto with frequent visits to the Serpent River reserve. By exploring his family's history, including his grandmother's experience in residential school, and citing his own frequent incidents of racial profiling by police who'd stop him on the streets, Wente unpacks the discrepancies between his personal
identity
and how non-Indigenous people view him. He also describes his discomfort at becoming a designated spokesperson for
Indigenous
people's concerns, even as he struggles with not feeling Ojibwe enough. In his work as a CBC Radio columnist, film critic and programmer, and as the founding director of the
Indigenous
Screen Office, Wente has analyzed and given voice to the differences between Hollywood portrayals of
Indigenous
people and lived culture. Through the lens of art, pop culture commentary, and personal stories, and with disarming humour, he links his love of baseball and movies to such issues as cultural appropriation,
Indigenous
representation and
identity
, and
Indigenous
narrative sovereignty. Storytelling in all its forms, he says, is one of
Indigenous
peoples' best weapons in the fight to reclaim their rightful place. Passionate, incisive, and galvanizing, "Unreconciled" is an eye-opening look at modern
Indigenous
life and clarion call to address the gulf between
Indigenous
and non-Indigenous Canadians."--From publisher.
Genre:
Autobiographies.
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