Musqueam representation in the latest installment of the FIFA video game series:The highly anticipated 23rd edition of the FIFA video game series will include artwork and assets from members of the Musqueam Indian Band. This marks an unprecedented collaboration among indigenous communities, which has been years in development to materialize.Musqueam Chief Wayne Sparrow was blown away when he saw the results of the collaboration with EA Sports.“Amazing. I’m really proud of our artists, our community,” he said in an interview. “To have it presented like that is just amazing. To me, it’s a big step in reconciliation.”“When I looked at it, it gets a little bit emotional,” said Sparrow. “All the hard work that our ancestors did in the past about being recognized in our area, some of the fights that they’ve had with the residential schools, the rights of Indigenous people that are accepted in the UNDRIP (United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples) and stuff like that.“The only thing that upsets me is I wish that those ones that fought hard for us, that have all left us, aren’t here to see what has come out of their hard work. Because it’s not necessarily the leadership of this day. It’s all those past leaders that set that groundwork for us.”Players will have the opportunity to play matches on a fictional representation of Musqueam’s real-life soccer field.FIFA 23, which was also worked on by EA Romania, will be available worldwide Sept. 30 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series XS, PC, Stadia, PS4, and Xbox One. Early access for FIFA 23 Ultimate Edition begins Sept. 27.#Musqueam#UBCVancouver#UBC#Vancouvercanada#CommunityEngagement

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Musqueam representation in the latest installment of the FIFA video game series:The highly anticipated 23rd edition of the FIFA video game series will include artwork and assets from members of the Musqueam Indian Band. This marks an unprecedented collaboration among indigenous communities, which has been years in development to materialize.Musqueam Chief Wayne Sparrow was blown away when he saw the results of the collaboration with EA Sports.“Amazing. I’m really proud of our artists, our community,” he said in an interview. “To have it presented like that is just amazing. To me, it’s a big step in reconciliation.”“When I looked at it, it gets a little bit emotional,” said Sparrow. “All the hard work that our ancestors did in the past about being recognized in our area, some of the fights that they’ve had with the residential schools, the rights of Indigenous people that are accepted in the UNDRIP (United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples) and stuff like that.“The only thing that upsets me is I wish that those ones that fought hard for us, that have all left us, aren’t here to see what has come out of their hard work. Because it’s not necessarily the leadership of this day. It’s all those past leaders that set that groundwork for us.”Players will have the opportunity to play matches on a fictional representation of Musqueam’s real-life soccer field.FIFA 23, which was also worked on by EA Romania, will be available worldwide Sept. 30 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series XS, PC, Stadia, PS4, and Xbox One. Early access for FIFA 23 Ultimate Edition begins Sept. 27.#Musqueam#UBCVancouver#UBC#Vancouvercanada#CommunityEngagement