by Heather Steinberger | May 8, 2018 | Community, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
Due to unforeseen circumstances, Nataanii Means is unable to attend the Cheyenne River Youth Project’s upcoming Mother’s Day performance in the Waniyetu Wowapi Art Park. The nonprofit youth organization has just announced that it will welcome comedian Tito Ybarra to...
by Heather Steinberger | May 4, 2018 | Community, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
As part of its ongoing Waniyetu Wowapi Performing Art Series this spring, the Cheyenne River Youth Project is preparing to welcome Mylo Smith Jr. and Nataanii Means to its Waniyetu Wowapi Art Park on Sunday, May 13. This special Mother’s Day performance is scheduled...
by Heather Steinberger | May 3, 2018 | Community
The Cheyenne River Youth Project has announced that it will host “An Inconvenient Truth, Part II: The Indian Boarding School/Sioux San Lands and Segregation in Rapid City” at its Cokata Wiconi teen center (to see Part I, presented in May 2017, watch the video shared...
by Heather Steinberger | Apr 30, 2018 | CRYP Hall of Fame, The Main Youth Center
In a small town, it’s fun for everyone when someone new arrives—for us as a staff, and for all the kids. This spring, we all welcomed 7-year-old Christina Collins Siquieros to The Main, and already she is thriving. Christina actually lived on the Cheyenne River...
by Heather Steinberger | Apr 30, 2018 | Community, The Main Youth Center
For the ninth consecutive year, the Cheyenne River Youth Project and the local Dairy Queen in Eagle Butte, South Dakota, are joining forces to host a very special fundraising event that will benefit community’s youngest members. From Sunday, May 13 to Saturday, May...