by Heather Steinberger | May 14, 2016 | Sustainable Agriculture
On Friday, May 6, the Cheyenne River Youth Project® formally blessed the 2-acre, naturally grown Winyan Toka Win (Leading Lady) garden for the 2016 growing season. Richard Charging Eagle conducted the garden blessing, and 12 young people joined staff members in...
by Heather Steinberger | May 14, 2016 | Family Services
On May 6, the Cheyenne River Youth Project® officially concluded its Heat Assistance Program for the 2015-16 winter season. The program provided much-needed matching funds to 190 families on South Dakota’s remote, 2.8-million-acre Cheyenne River Lakota reservation...
by Heather Steinberger | May 9, 2016 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center
The Cheyenne River Youth Project® has announced that it will be accepting applications for its summer teen internship programs through Friday, May 27. Internship opportunities include wellness, social enterprise and sustainable agriculture; CRYP is offering three...
by Heather Steinberger | Apr 28, 2016 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center
The Cheyenne River Youth Project® has been awarded a Northwest Area Foundation social enterprise grant that will allow the grassroots, nonprofit youth organization to expand its investment in young people growing up on the Cheyenne River Lakota reservation. The grant...
by Heather Steinberger | Apr 18, 2016 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, CRYP Staff, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
Earlier this month, Cheyenne River Youth Project® staff members traveled from South Dakota to Bryan, Texas, for the 7th annual HGSO/PAT History Conference at Texas A&M University. The theme for this year’s conference was “Community. Culture. Conflict,” and CRYP...
