by Heather Steinberger | May 24, 2022 | Partnerships & Awards
On Thursday, May 19, Americans for the Arts presented its 2022 Selina Roberts Ottum Award for Arts Leadership to Julie Garreau, executive director of the Cheyenne River Youth Project. The national nonprofit organization’s awards presentation was part of its annual...
by Heather Steinberger | May 17, 2022 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Community, Partnerships
After experiencing the closure of its popular Passion for Fashion program during spring 2020, the team at the Cheyenne River Youth Project worked hard to reinvent the program for the Covid era. That innovative solution again proved successful this year, serving...
by Heather Steinberger | May 16, 2022 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Community, Partnerships
In partnership with Red Nation Enterprises and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe’s Youth Affairs and Indian Child Welfare (ICWA) programs, the Cheyenne River Youth Project hosted the BallOut Youth Basketball Tournament on Saturday, May 7. The free event, held in CRYP’s...
by Heather Steinberger | Apr 25, 2022 | Community, Partnerships
In partnership with Generations Indigenous Ways, the nonprofit Cheyenne River Youth Project has launched a new seasonal camping program on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation that allows young people to strengthen the connections they have with their traditional...
by Heather Steinberger | Apr 25, 2022 | Art Center, Partnerships & Awards, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
The Cheyenne River Youth Project has announced that its new documentary film, titled “Waniyetu Wowapi (Winter Count),” is a featured film at this year’s Latino & Native American Film Festival. The groundbreaking festival at Southern Connecticut State University in...
