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 29, 2018 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, The Main Youth Center
From Jan. 8 to 22, two senior-level nursing students from Augustana University in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, volunteered on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation as part of their immersion experience in a “Leadership in Nursing” course. Their hours were split between...
by Heather Steinberger | Dec 4, 2017 | Christmas Toy Drive, Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, The Main Youth Center
This week, the Cheyenne River Youth Project will host its annual Christmas parties at The Main youth center and the Cokata Wiconi (Center of Life) teen center in Eagle Butte, South Dakota. Children ages 4 to 12 are welcome to attend festivities at The Main from 4 to 6...
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 | Oct 26, 2017 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, The Main Youth Center
October is Lakol Wichohan Wi, or the Month of Lakota Traditions and Culture, at the Cheyenne River Youth Project in Eagle Butte. To commemorate the monthly theme, as well as Native American Day on Oct. 9, the nonprofit youth organization has hosted a variety of...
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...