Raise awareness of Native youth’s rights!

The Tribal Justice Exchange and its Youth Fellowship Program are working on projects to support Native youth in knowing and asserting their rights. 

We want to hear from you! We are collecting short videos from Native youth answering one of the prompts below. We will compile sets of videos into at least one longer feature that promotes Native youth voice and highlights what you think is important about your rights. 

This is a paid opportunity for Native youth! Everyone who submits a video that meet the criteria will receive a $25 gift card.

We are accepting videos from December 15 through March 31st, 2026. Final video selections will be made by April 15, 2026. We will be sending payment on a rolling basis, so submit early!

You, and a parent/guardian if you are under 18, will have to sign a media release form to participate. We cannot accept a video without a release form.

Video Guidelines

• Record yourself in landscape mode: hold your device so the video is wider than it is tall.
• Do your best to speak in complete sentences.
• Start by repeating the prompt.
• Keep your video between 30 and 90 seconds long.
• You can answer more than one prompt in one video, as long as it stays under 90 seconds long.

Prompts

Start your video with one of these prompts:

• I think it’s important for young Natives to know their rights because…
• I learn about my rights from…
• To me, having rights means…
• The people I trust to protect my rights are…
• Young Native people should have the right to…

Check out this example video!