b'MEDIUMS: INDIGENOUS VOICES IN MEDIAESSENTIAL READS AND PODCASTS BY INDIGENOUS AUTHORS AND STORYTELLERSBOOKUnreconciled:Family, Truth and Indigenous Resistance by Jesse WenteUnreconciled: Family, Truth, and Indigenous Resistance, written byAuthor photo (c) Red Works,Jesse Wente, is best described as part manifesto and part memoir.2021.Using humour and superb storytelling, Wente moves effortlessly from historical to contemporary issues and includes examples from his own lived experience. Wente unpacks the differences between how non-Indigenous people see him and his own personal identity as an Indigenous person. One difference he writes about is how Indigenous people have been portrayed in the media, particularly inHollywood. Among other awards, Unreconciled is a Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year and winner of the 2022 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for Non-Fiction. Jesse Wente is a writer, broadcaster, speaker and arts administrator. He is best known for the being a columnist for CBC Radios Metro Morning. Wente was born and raised in Toronto, his family is from Chicago and Genaabaajing Anishinaabek, and he is a member of Serpent River First Nation.UPCOMING EVENTSFEBRUARY 25-27, 202518th Annual Health ForumFEBRUARY 26, 2025Chiefs of Ontario Special Chiefs AssemblyJUNE 17-19, 2025 THAnniversary of the Chiefs of Ontario Annual Chiefs Assembly50AUGUST 18-21, 2025 First Nations Community Wellness ConferenceFor more information about these upcoming events and more, stay tuned to the Chiefs of Ontario social media accounts! Follow Chiefs of Ontario on Facebook, X, Instagram or LinkedIn @ChiefsOfOntario.I ssue1 2024/25C hIefs ofo ntarIoA dvocAte magazIne l 39'