by Heather Steinberger | Dec 22, 2020 | Christmas Toy Drive, Community, Family Services
As most of you are already aware, our tiny CRYP staff has been working incredibly hard for weeks, attempting to bring Santa Claus to Cheyenne River on time. Unfortunately, the challenges presented by the Covid-19 pandemic and lack of volunteer support have been...
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 | Nov 9, 2020 | Covid-19, Family Services
As of Friday, Nov. 6, the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe had 218 active cases of the novel coronavirus on its north-central South Dakota reservation. Tribal government, quickly identifying the virus’s exponential growth and severe threat to public health, activated “Level...
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...