by Heather Steinberger | Feb 22, 2018 | CRYP Hall of Fame, The Main Youth Center
The Cheyenne River Youth Project has welcomed children ages 4 to 12 since we opened our doors to “The Main” in 1988, long before the opening of our Cokata Wiconi teen center. Since the beginning, we’ve understood how important it is to reach our children...
by Heather Steinberger | Jan 22, 2018 | CRYP Hall of Fame, Sustainable Agriculture
In the four-plus years since we launched our teen internship program, we’ve seen three types of participants: teens who complete one or two internships in different tracks, teens who complete all four tracks, and teens who fall in love with one particular internship...
by Heather Steinberger | Nov 22, 2017 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, CRYP Hall of Fame, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
When Juell Twite was a young child growing up in Eagle Butte, she wanted to join the other kids at CRYP’s The Main youth center for 4- to 12-year-olds. Sadly, health issues kept her close to home — until one summer day, when she was a teenager. “I was sitting at home...
by Heather Steinberger | Oct 27, 2017 | CRYP Hall of Fame, Family Services, The Main Youth Center
More than a decade ago, a Cheyenne River teen named Anthony Potter was a regular around CRYP’s “The Main” youth center, offering volunteer service wherever and whenever it was needed. Fast forward to 2017, and quite a bit has changed: For starters, the youth project...
by Heather Steinberger | Aug 18, 2017 | CRYP Hall of Fame, The Main Youth Center
Welcome back to our “Main Edition” of the CRYP Hall of Fame! This month, we’d like to introduce you to Dexter Hawk Eagle, who started attending youth programming at The Main this summer. Dexter is 7 years old, and he’s a second-grader at Cheyenne-Eagle Butte...
by Heather Steinberger | Jul 17, 2017 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, CRYP Hall of Fame, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
Cheyenne River’s young people immersed themselves in art during CRYP’s RedCan invitational graffiti jam this year. From the First Peoples’ Fund’s Rolling Rez Arts activities to the many ready-and-waiting walls in the Waniyetu Wowapi (Winter Count) Art Park, teens and...
