by Heather Steinberger | Dec 13, 2016 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Community, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
The Cheyenne River Youth Project’s eagerly anticipated Waniyetu Wowapi (Winter Count) Lakota Arts Institute will fully take shape in the new year, thanks to just-announced funding from ArtPlace America’s 2016 National Creative Placemaking Fund. The nonprofit,...
by Heather Steinberger | Dec 5, 2016 | Community, Family Services
Less than three weeks remain before Christmas Eve and the arrival of Santa Claus on the Cheyenne River Lakota reservation. More than 1,600 children are eagerly awaiting his sleigh, hoping to receive the special gifts they shared with him in their Dear Santa letters....
by Heather Steinberger | Nov 7, 2016 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Community, Family Services
On Sunday, November 20, the Cheyenne River Youth Project® will open the doors to its Cokata Wiconi (“Center of Life”) teen center for a very special annual event: the Holiday Artists’ Market. For the sixth consecutive year, the nonprofit youth organization will host...
by Heather Steinberger | Oct 17, 2016 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Community, RedCan, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
The Cheyenne River Youth Project® has just released its eagerly anticipated RedCan graffiti jam documentary. Available to the public on the youth project’s YouTube channel and through its Facebook page, the approximately nine-minute video introduces audiences to...
by Heather Steinberger | Aug 15, 2016 | Community, Family Services
The Cheyenne River Youth Project® announced today that more than 300 children have attended its annual school supplies distribution at the Cokata Wiconi (Center of Life) teen center this month. The nonprofit youth organization is expecting to serve many more children...
by Heather Steinberger | Aug 1, 2016 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Community
The Cheyenne River Youth Project® has announced that it will welcome native chef, food historian and lecturer Loretta Barrett Oden to its Eagle Butte campus on Thursday and Friday, August 11-12. Oden is spending two days at CRYP courtesy of the nonprofit, grassroots...
