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  • Unreconciled

  • Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance
  • Auteur(s): Jesse Wente
  • Narrateur(s): Jesse Wente
  • Durée: 6 h et 53 min
  • 4,9 out of 5 stars (239 évaluations)

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Unreconciled

Auteur(s): Jesse Wente
Narrateur(s): Jesse Wente
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER

WINNER of the 2022 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for Non-Fiction
SHORTLISTED for the 2023 Speaker's Book Award

A GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

"Unreconciled is one hell of a good book. Jesse Wente’s narrative moves effortlessly from the personal to the historical to the contemporary. Very powerful, and a joy to read."
—Thomas King, author of The Inconvenient Indian and Sufferance

A prominent Indigenous voice uncovers the lies and myths that affect relations between white and Indigenous peoples and the power of narrative to emphasize truth over comfort.


Part memoir and part manifesto, Unreconciled is a stirring call to arms to put truth over the flawed concept of reconciliation, and to build a new, respectful relationship between the nation of Canada and Indigenous peoples.

Jesse Wente remembers the exact moment he realized that he was a certain kind of Indian--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 reserve where his maternal relations lived. 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.

Wente analyzes and gives voice to the differences between Hollywood portrayals of Indigenous peoples and lived culture. Through the lens of art, pop culture, 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. Indeed, he argues that storytelling in all its forms is one of Indigenous peoples' best weapons in the fight to reclaim their rightful place.

Wente explores and exposes the lies that Canada tells itself, unravels "the two founding nations" myth, and insists that the notion of "reconciliation" is not a realistic path forward. Peace between First Nations and the state of Canada can't be recovered through reconciliation--because no such relationship ever existed.

©2021 Jesse Wente (P)2021 Penguin Canada

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER

2023, Legislative Assembly of Ontario Speaker's Book Award, Short-listed

2022, Kobo Emerging Writer Prize, Winner

A GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

"Unreconciled is one hell of a good book. Jesse Wente’s narrative moves effortlessly from the personal to the historical to the contemporary. Very powerful, and a joy to read." (Thomas King, author of The Inconvenient Indian and Sufferance)

“With Unreconciled, Jesse Wente proves himself to be one of the most influential Anishinaabe thinkers of our time. By telling his own story, Jesse provides Canada with an essential roadmap of how to move forward through the myth of reconciliation towards the possibility of a just country. There is much work to be done but reading Jesse’s words, soaking them in and letting them settle in your mind, will set us all on the right path.” (Tanya Talaga, bestselling author of Seven Fallen Feathers)

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Brilliant Must Listen/Read for all Canadians

I appreciate everything the author has put forth in this book. As a indigenous woman and a mother of 4, I would love more Canadians to listen and take to heart what Jesse Wente has to say for more understanding and thoughtfulness towards indigenous people. Thank you.

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Excellent listen!

This should be required listening for all Canadians! Listening to Wente read it himself was a big bonus.

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A perfect blend of history and biography

This book is eye opening and shares way more history than I expected. I have read many indigenous writers and Jesse does such a good job of telling us the facts but relating it back to his own life, there are time when I was I tears hearing the emotion and turmoil in Jesse’s voice. I wish everyone in Canada could read this book and I will be recommending it to all my family and friends.

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Essential Indigenous truth-telling

Jesse Wente shares his experience that many Indigenous people can nod their heads to. He brilliantly articulates the weight and burden that Indigenous people continue to carry as Canadians pursue reconciliation. A must read for anyone truly committed to anti-Indigenous racism work in Canada.

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Supplement to Healing

I had to read this book for a University Class. As a woman of color whos family experienced racism while living in the US, I felt as though Jesse and I were kin. His historical, personal and ethical dialectics in writing this book will bring awareness and healing to many. I appreciate this book for the truth it gives. Thank you Jesse! Blessings

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Unreconciled

I enjoyed this book immensely. As a non indigenous person it was a sobering look at what we as generations of settlers to CANADA have put the true founders of this Country through! I have gained a huge respect for our indigenous peoples and have begun to take courses from the UofAlberta to help me understand more just how we have come to be here at this crossroad of our history and will continue to listen to many more books written telling their stories so I can truly understand the anguish and pain we have put our indigenous peoples through and how we can help heal our nation one step at a time…thank you for writing this book and sharing your story…

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Excellent!!!

Jesse Wente is a true storyteller, I listened to this whole audiobook in one sitting. Canadians need to take the time to sit and actively listen to voices like Jesse to truly understand the complexities of the impacts of colonization and what 'reconciliation' should look like. We know and understand these truths already and it's incredibly powerful to hear and be able to relate to these personal stories being shared. Chi Meegwetch for sharing Jesse!

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Critique I will

I loved the book . Almost everything we experienced has been said through an Indigenous lens. Both from an indigenous perspective and western view. When the points come from both sides who can say it’s not true. The book is an excellent resource that can be used, I sure will. When I listen to audible it also gives me an opportunity to also know this book is worth having.

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A must read/listen

Thank you, Jesse, for “The Truth” .

My 96 year old father in-law has always said to me -whenever I would despair about the evils of Colonialism; “It doesn’t work so it will stop”

Being a person of colour, I, too, have been subjected to the nonsense. My children will not tolerate the things I did. The insist that it stops.

Thank you for sharing this.

W Robinson

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Intimate, social commentary

Amazing! Truly intimate and personal, while also providing sweeping commentary on Canadian society and the unreconciled relationship between colonial settlers and Indigenous peoples. I learned so much and related to so much in Wente's story. Highly recommend 👌🏾

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