I’ve been thinking a lot these days about what it means to have “voice,” to express “voice,” and to give “voice.” I find this especially complicated when I think about youth produced work made by youth of color or poverty. What does voice mean in the digital age? What does it mean with people who have been denied voice, especially given that youth are often doubly denied by marginalization and by age? What does it mean to give “voice”? And, then, through Kris Sorensen from In Progress posting a powerful video on Facebook, I am once again struck by how strong voices can be. This video from Red Hand Media is a striking way of showing how people can find their own voices and express them in ways that empower others. Using a poem from Ryan Red Corn, this video is a layering of genres, voices, images, languages, and identities. From the very beginning, it asserts a stereotype of “bad indians” (by its title and title sequence) then resists it by stating that the people in it are “bad indians,” a resistance that continues throughout the video. It resists filmic expectations as well by beginning with what is essentially an outtake of the filming of the video. But to say that it is simply resistance is to take away its power. This video captures the images and voices of many as they try to assert a common identity. It’s an odd juxtaposition. The words they say are Ryan Red Corn’s, and he himself is present in the film. The way that the video is edited is his vision as well. Take, for instance, the quick cuts as the people speaking are shown and taken way, the words repeated then abandoned for the next. But, that being said, the people also represent themselves. They are saying these words. They are expressing these ideas. They are the faces on the screen. They are the “bad Indians,” as much as the speaker in Red Corn’s poem, even when Red Corn is made visible and audible on the screen. He is one of many. These are the words of many. And of each.