Artist: Ogimaa Mikana - Susan Blight (Anishinaabe, Couchiching, b.1977); Hayden King (Anishinaabe, Gchi'mnissing, b.1980)
Year: 2018
Material: Vinyl Transfer
Purchase Information: Chancellor Richardson Memorial Fund, 2019
Location: South façade of Mackintosh-Corry Hall
Never Stuck is a direct response to a Facebook post by Niizhoosake Sherry Copenace: “As Anishinaabe we have been given our way of life to solve and get through any situation. Anishinaabe is not ever stuck.” This profound articulation of Anishinaabeg resistance and adaptation is reflected in the repeated sturgeon imagery. Respected by Anishinaabe, the fish have suffered under colonial overfishing and damming, but are now returning to ancestral waters in greater numbers. Just as sturgeon persevere, the Anishinaabeg are never stuck.