Sam McCracken (Assiniboine/Sioux), general manager of Nike N7 program
McCracken will offer a public talk on the integration of Native American social and artistic values into the design of a global brand.
Nike N7 products take extra care to be green and use less waste, out of concern for the seventh generation. In addition, Nike N7 is committed to bringing sports to Native American communities in North America. A portion of the proceeds from this line go to fund grants for tribal communities, and Nike N7 will award about one million dollars in grant funds in 2011. In 2010, Nike N7 signed an MOU with the Bureau of Indian Education to work together in creative and inspirational ways to address health and social-lifestyle choices in American Indian and Alaska Native communities that contribute to disease and other medical conditions.
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