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...
by Heather Steinberger | Nov 21, 2022 | Christmas Toy Drive, Community, Family Services, Fundraisers
The Cheyenne River Youth Project reported today that it expects to serve more than 1,000 children during its Wo Otúh’an Wi Toy Drive. The nonprofit youth organization is currently reaching out to countless supporters around the country to help bring holiday joy and...
by Heather Steinberger | Nov 7, 2022 | Community, Special Events, Sustainable Agriculture
The Cheyenne River Youth Project reported today that 212 community members attended its recent 10th annual Harvest Festival. Made possible with support from the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe’s Indian Child Welfare program, Honor the Earth, J.R. Albert Foundation,...
by Heather Steinberger | Oct 17, 2022 | The Main Youth Center
October marked a both a happy leap forward and a return to deeply embedded roots for the Cheyenne River Youth Project. After two long years of program disruptions due to the Covid-19 pandemic, CRYP finally was able to reopen “The Main,” its youth center dedicated to...
