by Heather Steinberger | Aug 23, 2013 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Sustainable Agriculture
CRYP has concluded its first-ever teen internship program focused on youth wellness and the 2-acre Winyan Toka Win (“Leading Lady”) garden. This summer, 11 Cheyenne River teenagers each provided 60 hours of service at the youth project’s East Lincoln Street...
by Heather Steinberger | Aug 20, 2013 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Community, Special Events, Sustainable Agriculture
It’s late August, and that means more than back-to-school time on South Dakota’s Cheyenne River reservation. It’s time for the fair! Each year on Labor Day weekend, Cheyenne River residents and visitors congregate in Eagle Butte for the annual Cheyenne River Sioux...
by Heather Steinberger | Aug 2, 2013 | Sustainable Agriculture
By midsummer, the 2-acre Winyan Toka Win garden inarguably is the heart of the Cheyenne River Youth Project® operation. Throughout the day, the garden is overflowing with staff members, long-term volunteers, community volunteers and youth participants, all of whom are...
by Heather Steinberger | Jul 12, 2013 | Community, Special Events, Sustainable Agriculture
Throughout its 25-year history, the Cheyenne River Youth Project® has worked hard to provide new, innovative programming to meet the needs of its youth and their families. This month, the not-for-profit youth organization offered two exciting additions to its lineup...
by Heather Steinberger | Jul 12, 2013 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Community, Special Events, Sustainable Agriculture
In conjunction with this year’s Eagle Butte Hometown Days celebration, the Cheyenne River Youth Project® will host an array of special events that include a teen basketball tournament, a carnival in the park, a bicycle obstacle course and an Ultimate Farmers Market....
by Heather Steinberger | Jul 8, 2013 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Community, Special Events, Sustainable Agriculture
“The single greatest lesson the garden teaches is that our relationship to the planet need not be zero-sum,” writes author Michael Pollan in The Omnivore’s Dilemma, “and that as long as the sun still shines and people still can plan and plant, think and do, we can, if...
