by Heather Steinberger | Oct 8, 2024 | Community, Special Events
The Cheyenne River Youth Project has announced that it will host its 12th annual Harvest Festival Dinner at its Eagle Butte campus on Friday, Oct. 18. Held in conjunction with the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe’s Indian Child Welfare program, the free public event is...
by Heather Steinberger | Oct 8, 2024 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center
This month, the Cheyenne River Youth Project is welcoming teens to its Cokata Wiconi (Center of Life) for fall internship programming. Open to ages 13-18, the Native Food Sovereignty internship will run from Oct. 9 to Nov. 15, while the Indigenous Cooking and Art...
by Heather Steinberger | Sep 16, 2024 | Christmas Toy Drive, Family Services
It might only be September, but for the Cheyenne River Youth Project, the holidays are right around the corner. In three months, the nonprofit youth organization will deliver multiple personalized gifts to more than 1,000 children in 20 communities across the Cheyenne...
by Heather Steinberger | Sep 9, 2024 | Volunteer Spotlight
Happy Monday, friends! We’d like to take this opportunity to introduce a volunteer who is spending three months with us, departing in November. Her name is Eulalie Douce, and she says: “I am a student in anthropology from France. I discovered CRYP through...
by Heather Steinberger | Sep 4, 2024 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Special Events
On Aug. 23-25, the Cheyenne River Youth Project hosted Wicoti Koskalaka (young men’s camp) at Wakanyeja Kin Wana Ku Pi (The Children Are Coming Home), its new property in rural Meade County adjacent to Bear Butte State Park. Open to young men ages 14-18, the camp...
