by Heather Steinberger | Mar 25, 2016 | CRYP Staff
This week, the Bush Foundation announced the names of the 24 individuals who will comprise this year’s class of Bush Fellows. The Cheyenne River Youth Project® is proud to announce that its executive director, Julie Garreau, is among their number. Each year, the Bush...
by Heather Steinberger | Mar 21, 2016 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Community
On Saturday, March 12, 69 teenage girls on South Dakota’s remote, 2.8-million-acre Cheyenne River reservation converged on the Cheyenne River Youth Project® for its much-loved, annual “Passion for Fashion” event. For 15 years, the Cheyenne River Youth Project® has...
by Heather Steinberger | Mar 21, 2016 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, CRYP Hall of Fame, CRYP Staff
Wendell Nezzie is a valuable member of the Cheyenne River Youth Project’s youth programming staff. He also is a CRYP alumnus. Wendell grew up in a small community called Wicagakapi Sa, or Red Scaffold, in the western part of South Dakota’s remote Cheyenne River Sioux...
by Heather Steinberger | Mar 14, 2016 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Community, RedCan, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
It’s back. This July, graffiti artists from around the world will converge once again in a small town on the South Dakota prairie for a revolutionary, one-of-a-kind arts celebration: the 2nd annual RedCan graffiti jam at the Cheyenne River Youth Project®. The RedCan...
by Heather Steinberger | Feb 22, 2016 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center
Less than three weeks remain before the Cheyenne River Youth Project®’s eagerly anticipated 2016 Passion for Fashion event. That means donors and supporters have until Thursday, March 10 to send their new and gently used dresses, formal shoes, jewelry and accessories...
