Unreconciled

Anishinaabe tribe journalist Jesse Wente, a former columnist for CBC Radio’s Metro Morning and the first Executive Director of the Indigenous Screen Office, details his upbringing and career in the majority white world and the destructive forces he regards as bent on eradicating Native Identity.

Toronto and Serpent River

When Wente was two years old, his family moved to a suburb of Toronto to live near his grandparents. His grandmother, Norma Meawasige, grew up on the Serpent River First Nations reserve near Elliot Lake, Ontario. Her parents’ main language was Ojibwe, and they lived a traditional life as Indigenous people.