The NFL commissioned this Indigenous artist to decorate a football with art that showcases his culture [Video]

An Indigenous artist from Nipissing First Nation, in northeastern Ontario, is sharing his culture with a global audience, thanks to a partnership with the National Football League (NFL).

The league commissioned Quentin Commanda to decorate a football with art that showcases the culture of the Anishinabek people.

“They gave me complete creative control, which is really rare these days,” Commanda told CBC Radio. 

“For this project, they just let me do what I wanted to. And they accepted the first design sketch that I submitted.”

Commanda has made a name for himself painting large murals, and he said it was fun to create a design for a smaller …