by Heather Steinberger | Aug 7, 2020 | Community, Covid-19, RedCan, Special Events, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
RedCan 2020 is almost here. The Cheyenne River Youth Project’s 6th annual, award-winning invitational graffiti jam is scheduled for this Wednesday through Saturday, Aug. 12-15, and the nonprofit youth organization confirmed today that it will incorporate both virtual...
by Heather Steinberger | Jul 27, 2020 | Community, Covid-19, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
RedCan is rising once again, but this time, it’s rising far beyond its birthplace on the South Dakota prairie. Due to the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic, the Cheyenne River Youth Project has expanded its annual RedCan invitational graffiti jam, inviting guest...
by Heather Steinberger | Jun 29, 2020 | Community, Covid-19, RedCan, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
The Cheyenne River Youth Project announced today that it will host a special edition of its annual RedCan invitational graffiti jam this summer. Scheduled for Aug. 12-15, RedCan will incorporate an innovative virtual component as well as a variety of youth art...
by Heather Steinberger | Jun 10, 2020 | Community, Covid-19, Sustainable Agriculture
June is off to a busy start at the Cheyenne River Youth Project, located in the heart of South Dakota’s remote Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation. Every day, staff members have been busy planting crops in their 2.5-acre, pesticide-free Winyan Toka Win (Leading Lady)...
by Heather Steinberger | May 18, 2020 | Community, Covid-19, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
The Cheyenne River Youth Project has announced that it is hosting an art contest for Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation youth ages 4-17. The theme of the contest is “Cheyenne River Fights Covid-19,” and the deadline for dropping off finished artwork at CRYP is 5:30 p.m....
by Heather Steinberger | May 4, 2020 | Community, Covid-19, Sustainable Agriculture
On Apr. 29, Chairman Harold Frazier announced that the South Dakota’s Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation had identified its first positive case of the novel coronavirus disease, also known as Covid-19. As the tribe enacted a curfew and made stay-at-home orders...
