by Heather Steinberger | May 17, 2021 | Indian Country News
“The disagreement over allowing Native students to wear eagle feathers and regalia during high school graduation rears its contentious head once again this year.”...
by Heather Steinberger | May 10, 2021 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Community, Sustainable Agriculture
With vaccinations continuing and a seven-day average of less than three active Covid-19 cases per day on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation, the Cheyenne River Youth Project is celebrating the rollout of its spring youth and teen programs. And, to ensure that its...
by Heather Steinberger | Apr 26, 2021 | Indian Country News
“For decades, First Nations people in British Columbia knew their ancestral homes—villages forcibly emptied in the late 1800s—were great places to forage for traditional foods like hazelnuts, crabapples, cranberries, and hawthorn. A new study reveals that...
by Heather Steinberger | Apr 19, 2021 | Community, RedCan, Special Events
The Cheyenne River Youth Project announced today that its award-winning RedCan invitational graffiti jam will be back as a live, in-person event this summer. The nonprofit youth organization also revealed that 10 popular RedCan artists will be returning, and an...
by Heather Steinberger | Apr 16, 2021 | Volunteer Spotlight
My name is Elliot Bannister (I’m pictured at left in the photo). I’m 29 now, but I was 23 when I first got involved with the Cheyenne River Youth Project. I had just moved from London, where I went to college, but my family roots are in the United Kingdom’s West...
