Comments on: Racy News: Nike Designs Shoe for Native Americans

By: Tori

Tori — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 06:46:18 +0000

I am Native American and I have a terrible time finding shoes that fit my feet. I am glad to see that “our” needs are being addressed. I would love to see it expand to dress shoes and boots.I don’t find this delima the least bit funny.

By: Eric Johnson

Eric Johnson — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 19:55:25 +0000

I wonder if this will lead into a partnership with budweiser.

By: Ines

Ines — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 19:07:06 +0000

This is the best thing I’ve heard about it and it deserves to be repeated.

From yesterday’s NYT

“When I heard it, the first thing I did is I laughed until I cried, because I just though it was hilarious,” said Sherman Alexie, a Spokane/Coeur d’Alene Indian and a novelist, who is on a book tour for “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian,” a young adult novel.

“The day it was announced, I thought: ‘Are they going to have dream catchers on them? Are they going to be beaded? Will they have native bumper stickers on them that say, ‘Custer had it coming’?”

By: Fitness » Racy News: Nike Designs Shoe for Native Americans

Fitness » Racy News: Nike Designs Shoe for Native Americans — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:23:07 +0000

[...] Desertphnx wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptThe latest news comes from Nike, which has now designed a shoe specifically for Native Americans, in “an effort aiming at promoting physical fitness in a population with high obesity rates,” according to the Huffington Post. … [...]