by Heather Steinberger | Dec 14, 2020 | Community, Family Services
The Cheyenne River Youth Project has announced that it will be starting its Wo Otúh’an Wi Toy Drive deliveries to local families in just a few days. For the first time, the nonprofit youth organization will handle these holiday deliveries curbside (2018 photo)....
by Heather Steinberger | Nov 24, 2020 | Community, Covid-19, Family Services, Partnerships
Starting Monday, Nov. 23, the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe enacted a COVID-19 Shelter in Place order for the city of Eagle Butte, South Dakota, due to rising cases and hospitalizations. The Cheyenne River Youth Project also closed its buildings to the public for the...
by Heather Steinberger | Nov 10, 2020 | Community, Covid-19, Family Services, Partnerships, Special Events
The Cheyenne River Youth Project announced today that each of its fall distributions served hundreds of families on South Dakota’s remote Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation. These distributions, held in September and October, provided fresh produce, school supplies,...
by Heather Steinberger | Oct 30, 2020 | Christmas Toy Drive, Community, Covid-19, Fundraisers
In less than two months, the Cheyenne River Youth Project will bring Santa Claus to South Dakota’s Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation, where he will deliver thousands of personalized Christmas gifts to children in 20 reservation communities. The grassroots, nonprofit...
by Heather Steinberger | Oct 18, 2020 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Community, Covid-19, Family Services, Special Events
On the Cheyenne River Youth Project’s own version of the winter count, October is Lakol Wichohan Wi, or the Moon of Lakota Traditions and Culture. For the nonprofit youth organization, that means it’s a month of harvest festivities, teen fall internships, and...
by Heather Steinberger | Sep 21, 2020 | Community, Covid-19, Special Events, Sustainable Agriculture
The Cheyenne River Youth Project announced today that its 8th annual Harvest Festival Dinner is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 8 at the nonprofit organization’s campus in Eagle Butte. This year, out of an abundance of caution, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe community...
