by Heather Steinberger | Mar 30, 2015 | Community, Fundraisers, RedCan, Special Events, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
In three months, the Cheyenne River Youth Project® will welcome nationally acclaimed graffiti artists from around the country to its East Lincoln Street campus for RedCan, Indian Country’s first-ever graffiti jam. RedCan is scheduled for July 8-9 at CRYP’s Waniyetu...
by Heather Steinberger | Mar 2, 2015 | Community, RedCan, Special Events, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
This summer, nationally acclaimed graffiti artists from around the country will converge on South Dakota’s remote, 2.8-million-acre Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation for what will be a first in Indian country: a graffiti jam. Called RedCan, the two-day event is...
by Heather Steinberger | Dec 8, 2014 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Community, Lakota Culture, Special Events
CRYP welcomed 73 members of the Cheyenne River community to its annual “Thanks for Kids” celebration and dinner. The festivities took place on Tuesday, November 25 at the Cokata Wiconi teen center. A visiting volunteer group from Wisconsin’s Marquette University High...
by Heather Steinberger | Nov 20, 2014 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Community, Special Events, Sustainable Agriculture
CRYP will be hosting a special Thanks for Kids Dinner for the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation community on Tuesday, November 25 at its Cokata Wiconi teen center. The free public meal and celebration will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the festively decorated...
by Heather Steinberger | Nov 5, 2014 | Christmas Toy Drive, Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Community, Special Events, The Main Youth Center
November is here, and that means the staff and volunteers at Cheyenne River Youth Project® in Eagle Butte, South Dakota, are deep into holiday preparations. Not only are they undertaking the gargantuan task of ensuring that Santa Claus comes to 1,500 children across...
by Heather Steinberger | Oct 28, 2014 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Community, Special Events
As October draws to a close, so does homecoming season for high school students across America. Spirit-week festivities and football-game revelry are long since ended, the toilet paper has been cleaned up from neighborhood trees and yards (well, mostly), and those...
