by Heather Steinberger | May 18, 2020 | Community, Covid-19, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
The Cheyenne River Youth Project has announced that it is hosting an art contest for Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation youth ages 4-17. The theme of the contest is “Cheyenne River Fights Covid-19,” and the deadline for dropping off finished artwork at CRYP is 5:30 p.m....
by Heather Steinberger | May 4, 2020 | Community, Covid-19, Sustainable Agriculture
On Apr. 29, Chairman Harold Frazier announced that the South Dakota’s Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation had identified its first positive case of the novel coronavirus disease, also known as Covid-19. As the tribe enacted a curfew and made stay-at-home orders...
by Heather Steinberger | May 4, 2020 | Community, Covid-19, Social Enterprises
The Cheyenne River Youth Project has announced that it is selling gift cards for the Keya Cafe & Coffee Shop, the nonprofit organization’s farm-to-table, on-site social enterprise. Not only will the gift cards allow Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation community...
by Heather Steinberger | Apr 13, 2020 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Community, Covid-19, Social Enterprises, The Main Youth Center
The Cheyenne River Youth Project has seen a lot of ups and downs in its nearly 32-year history, including the Great Recession. Now it’s facing what might be its biggest challenge yet: the global Covid-19 pandemic. Yet this grassroots nonprofit youth organization is...
by Heather Steinberger | Apr 6, 2020 | Community, Covid-19
Although the Cheyenne River Youth Project had to close its facilities last month to help combat the spread of Covid-19, the nonprofit youth organization didn’t stop seeking new, creative ways to continue serving its community. In fact, the staff immediately devised a...
