by Heather Steinberger | Apr 3, 2017 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center
The Cheyenne River Youth Project® has announced that 68 young Lakota women attended its annual Passion for Fashion event on Saturday, March 25. CRYP staff anticipate that another 20 to 30 teens will participate in the program this month, as the nonprofit organization...
by Heather Steinberger | Mar 22, 2017 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, CRYP Hall of Fame
When the Cheyenne River Youth Project designed its innovative teen internship program, it created four distinct internship areas to appeal to a diverse range of interests. Yet staff members are discovering that many teens choose to participate in all of them. Once the...
by Heather Steinberger | Mar 13, 2017 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, The Main Youth Center
This month, the Cheyenne River Youth Project® has invited children of all ages to participate in cooking classes at the nonprofit organization’s Eagle Butte campus. The younger children from The Main youth center were able to participate last Friday, March 10, while...
by Heather Steinberger | Mar 6, 2017 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center
The Cheyenne River Youth Project® has announced that Cecilia FireThunder, the first woman to serve as president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, will be keynote speaker at this year’s eagerly anticipated Passion for Fashion. The event is scheduled for 1 to 6 p.m. on...
by Heather Steinberger | Feb 20, 2017 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center
The Cheyenne River Youth Project® is inviting local youth to attend Midnight Basketball at the Cokata Wiconi (Center of Life) teen center on Friday, Feb. 24 and Thursday, Mar. 2. Not only will 13- to 18-year-olds have the always-welcome opportunity to play their...
by Heather Steinberger | Feb 14, 2017 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, CRYP Hall of Fame
The beating heart of the Cheyenne River Youth Project’s Cokata Wiconi (Center of Life) teen center is its internship program. Created three years ago to provide Cheyenne River’s teens with opportunities to learn valuable job and life skills, the program now includes...
