by Heather Steinberger | May 23, 2025 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Community, Special Events
On Saturday, May 17, the Cheyenne River Youth Project’s Cokata Wiconi (Center of Life) Teen Center came alive with the energy of 51 middle school basketball players and more than 50 supporters. Hosted in partnership with the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe’s Indian Child...
by Heather Steinberger | May 13, 2025 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Community, Special Events
The Cheyenne River Youth Project has announced that it will host a youth basketball tournament on Saturday, May 17 at the Cokata Wiconi (Center of Life) Teen Center. Held in partnership with the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe’s Indian Child Welfare (ICWA) Program, the...
by Heather Steinberger | Apr 14, 2025 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Special Events
In late March, the Cheyenne River Youth Project offered two special opportunities for youth to visit sites that are sacred to the Lakota Nation. On March 21-23, a group of teens traveled to South Dakota’s Black Hills for the annual Wakinyan Aglipi (Welcoming Back the...
by Heather Steinberger | Mar 17, 2025 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center
The Cheyenne River Youth Project’s 25th Annual Passion for Fashion event, also known as Wačhípí kta Iglúwiŋyeyapi (Youth Get Ready for the Dance), took place from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Mar. 8, at CRYP’s Cokata Wiconi Teen Center. Twenty-eight youth in grades...
by Heather Steinberger | Mar 5, 2025 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center
The Cheyenne River Youth Project’s 25th Annual Passion for Fashion event, also known as Wačhípí kta Iglúwiŋyeyapi (Youth Get Ready for the Dance), is taking place from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. this Saturday, Mar. 8, at CRYP’s Cokata Wiconi Teen Center. Young women and...
by Heather Steinberger | Mar 5, 2025 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center
Nationwide, teen dating violence affects nearly 10 percent of all teenagers. For Native American youth, the numbers are even more frightening: A 2014 study found that 36.5 percent of indigenous teens reported involvement in physical dating violence — either as...