by Heather Steinberger | Jan 16, 2023 | Art Center, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
The Cheyenne River Youth Project announced today that its 2022 short documentary film “Waniyetu Wowapi (Winter Count)” is an official selection for the 17th Annual Beaufort International Film Festival. The festival will take place on Feb. 21-26 in the historic coastal...
by Heather Steinberger | Jan 16, 2023 | Christmas Toy Drive, Family Services
When Executive Director Julie Garreau calls the Cheyenne River Youth Project the “little nonprofit that did,” she means what she says. The nearly 35-year-old, Native-led, grassroots organization proves at every turn that it keeps the promises it makes to the Cheyenne...
by Heather Steinberger | Dec 12, 2022 | Christmas Toy Drive, Fundraisers
The Cheyenne River Youth Project announced today that approximately 350 children’s Wish Lists remain to be adopted in this year’s Wo Otúh’an Wi Toy Drive. With the help of its partners and supporters across the country, the nonprofit organization seeks to bring...
by Heather Steinberger | Dec 12, 2022 | Christmas Toy Drive, Fundraisers
Each year, the Cheyenne River Youth Project hosts a star quilt raffle to help support its annual Wo Otúh’an Wi Toy Drive. Every raffle ticket purchase will help bring holiday joy and magic to hundreds of Lakota children on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation...
by Heather Steinberger | Nov 21, 2022 | Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
The Cheyenne River Youth Project is proud to introduce its third cohort of Lakota Art Fellows: 11th grader Julia Lesmeister, 10th graders Journey Grey and Haylee Wells, and 9th grader Jayson Little Wounded. The teens’ nine-month journey will conclude next July at the...
