Still Here: Inside Steven Paul Judd's Nike N7 Holiday Collection Launching 11/07 Style: N7 Holiday Collection 2026

For Nike N7, the details have always mattered. A sneaker can carry a story. A graphic can connect past and present. And sport can become another space for culture and community to show up.

This holiday season, that idea moves onto the basketball court.

The new Nike N7 Holiday Collection was designed in partnership with Kiowa-Choctaw artist Steven Paul Judd, whose perspective stretches across everything from the sneakers to the graphics, colors and materials. The collection includes the performance-driven Nike G.T. Cut 4 and an N7 take on the Nike Air Force 1, plus coordinating basketball and lifestyle apparel.

The full collection launches November 7, exclusively at Hibbett and Nike.

Meet the Artist Behind the Collection

Art, sport, heritage and humor all find their way into Steven Paul Judd’s approach to this season’s N7 collection.

His inspiration starts close to home. The colors of an Oklahoma sunset, the look of naturally faded buckskin and traditional hand-dyed garments all helped shape the collection’s visual direction. Materials like nubuck, hairy suede and chenille add dimension to the footwear, while warm neutrals, golds, reds and blues pull from natural dyes and the colors of the landscape.

But for Judd, those choices aren't simply about creating a recognizable look.

“I created this N7 collection to celebrate the beauty and meaning of Indigenous designs, translating them into Nike footwear and apparel that’s recognizably Native from the jump,” says Judd. “I was very intentional in every design choice, with each detail holding a deeper purpose and reflection of our communities.”

That intention gives sneaker fans plenty to discover. Look once and you see bold color, texture and graphics. Look again and a bigger story starts to emerge.

One Collection, Two Very Different Sneakers

At the center of the footwear lineup are two Nike silhouettes built for different sides of the rotation.

The Nike G.T. Cut 4 puts N7 storytelling on a performance basketball shoe. A spiral motif inspired by Choctaw visual culture appears alongside a“Still Here” patch, giving the design a message that works on two levels. Within basketball, it speaks to staying in the game and pushing forward. Its larger meaning recognizes the perseverance and continued presence of Indigenous people and cultures.

Then there’s the Nike Air Force 1.

The classic lifestyle silhouette brings similar design motifs into an everyday sneaker, taking the collection’s visual story from the hardwood to casual rotation.

Together, the two pairs give the N7 story different places to live: one grounded in basketball performance and the other in everyday sneaker style.

Look Closer at the Graphics

There’s another detail in the collection that might catch you off guard: a smiley face.

Judd reworked the familiar symbol using arrow and arrowhead forms, connecting it to history and tradition while bringing humor into the collection.

And that contrast is intentional.

“Sometimes people think Native art is always supposed to be serious and historical,” says Judd. “One of the things I love most about Native communities is our sense of humor. We laugh a lot, we tease each other. Humor has helped Native communities endure some incredible difficult chapters in history. The smiley face in this collection serves as a reminder that our culture carries both immense strength and joy.”

It’s one of the details that gives this N7 collection its personality. Strength and history are present, but they aren't the only things being represented. Joy belongs in the story, too.

N7 Takes the Court

This season features three Native basketball players: Alissa Pili, who’s Iñupiaq and Samoan; Sydney Benally, who’s Navajo; and Keonte Greybear, who’s from the Standing Rock Sioux Nation.

With the G.T. Cut 4 anchoring the sneaker lineup and basketball apparel bringing the collection together, the game becomes another place for N7's larger themes of culture, identity and community to show up.

What’s in the Nike N7 Holiday Collection?

This isn’t a sneakers-only N7 drop. The Holiday Collection extends its look across matching apparel, making it possible to carry the story Toe-to-Head®

Look for:

• N7 hoodie and pants set
• Two N7 graphic tees
• N7 basketball jersey and shorts
• Nike G.T. Cut 4 basketball shoe
• Nike Air Force 1

The lineup also gives you different ways into the collection. Go court-inspired with the G.T. Cut 4, jersey and shorts, build around the hoodie-and-pants set, or let one of the graphic tees or Air Force 1s bring the N7 design story into an everyday fit.

That full-look approach is especially Hibbett-right. Hibbett's Toe-to-Head® philosophy calls for connecting footwear with complementary apparel instead of treating every product as an individual purchase.

N7 Beyond the Collection

The Holiday Collection also arrives during Native American Heritage Month and alongside another chapter of Nike's ongoing N7 work.

Through the N7 Fund, Nike invests in nonprofit organizations that serve Indigenous communities across North America and help support opportunities in youth sport. According to Nike, the company has invested $625,000 annually through the N7 Fund since 2022, with the fund administered by CAF America. Nike also reports that the N7 Fund and other Nike grants have provided $15.2 million to 324 organizations supporting Indigenous communities since 2009.

That context makes the collection about more than what's dropping. N7 continues to create a meeting point for sport, Indigenous creativity and community, while this season gives Steven Paul Judd room to put his own perspective on it.