by Heather Steinberger | Nov 20, 2014 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Community, Special Events, Sustainable Agriculture
CRYP will be hosting a special Thanks for Kids Dinner for the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation community on Tuesday, November 25 at its Cokata Wiconi teen center. The free public meal and celebration will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the festively decorated...
by Heather Steinberger | Nov 5, 2014 | Christmas Toy Drive, Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Community, Special Events, The Main Youth Center
November is here, and that means the staff and volunteers at Cheyenne River Youth Project® in Eagle Butte, South Dakota, are deep into holiday preparations. Not only are they undertaking the gargantuan task of ensuring that Santa Claus comes to 1,500 children across...
by Heather Steinberger | Oct 28, 2014 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Community, Special Events
As October draws to a close, so does homecoming season for high school students across America. Spirit-week festivities and football-game revelry are long since ended, the toilet paper has been cleaned up from neighborhood trees and yards (well, mostly), and those...
by Heather Steinberger | Oct 13, 2014 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Family Services, Sustainable Agriculture, The Main Youth Center
As the year winds down, staff members at the Cheyenne River Youth Project® have two major endeavors on their minds. One is the annual Christmas Toy Drive, a mammoth undertaking that brings holiday cheer to more than 1,200 children across the 2.8-million-acre Cheyenne...
by Heather Steinberger | Oct 13, 2014 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Community, Special Events
Next week, the Cheyenne River Youth Project® will launch its 2014 Halloween programming, a series of events designed to bring thrills and fun to community members of all ages. This year’s activities, which kick off on Wednesday, October 22, will include a Halloween...
by Heather Steinberger | Oct 6, 2014 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Community, Special Events, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
On Monday, September 15, the Cheyenne River Youth Project® formally dedicated the Waniyetu Wowapi Art Park at its East Lincoln Street campus in Eagle Butte. The innovative new park, whose name means “Winter Count” in the Lakota language, is a free, safe, public art...
