It's been 20 years since Nike's General Manager Sam McCracken's business idea to provide Nike products directly to Native American tribes in an effort to support health promotion and disease prevention programs came to life. Quietly behind the scenes of other major Nike releases, Nike created the Nike Air Native N7 in collaboration with their design team and various community experts and tribal leaders. These shoes were specifically for the Native American community, and were meant to promote wellness in First Nations communities in the U.S. and Canada.
Nike's N7 Brand now includes a collection that's available for anyone who is inspired by Native American athletes and the brand's N7 Fund, and they've got a new collection fresh for summer 2020 that celebrates the beauty of heritage plants in their communities.