by Heather Steinberger | May 27, 2022 | Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
The Cheyenne River Youth Project announced today that Wakinyan Chief has joined its full-time staff as art manager. In this role, Chief is responsible for overseeing programming at the nonprofit community development organization’s Waniyetu Wowapi (Winter Count)...
by Heather Steinberger | Apr 25, 2022 | Art Center, Partnerships & Awards, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
The Cheyenne River Youth Project has announced that its new documentary film, titled “Waniyetu Wowapi (Winter Count),” is a featured film at this year’s Latino & Native American Film Festival. The groundbreaking festival at Southern Connecticut State University in...
by Heather Steinberger | Mar 31, 2022 | Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
The Cheyenne River Youth Project is proud to introduce its second cohort of Lakota Art Fellows: Julia Lesmeister, 15; Sierra Maynard, 15; and Courtney Silk, 14. All three teens attend Cheyenne-Eagle Butte High School. CRYP created the Lakota Art Fellowship in 2019 so...
by Heather Steinberger | Feb 7, 2022 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
When the Cheyenne River Youth Project began its teen internship program with the Native Food Sovereignty track in 2013, it graduated 10 interns. In late 2021, the grassroots, Native-led nonprofit hit a major milestone: It graduated its 1,500th intern. As of January...
by Heather Steinberger | Feb 1, 2022 | Art Center, Fundraisers, RedCan, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
Today, the Cheyenne River Youth Project officially launched the public capital campaign to fund the construction of its new Waniyetu Wowapi (Winter Count) Institute & Art Park. The campaign seeks to raise $1.5 million to complete this eagerly anticipated community...
by Heather Steinberger | Nov 8, 2021 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Community, Special Events, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
In the Lakota language, November is Waníyetu Wí, the winter moon. Nature turns inward as the weeks slide toward the winter solstice, but at the Cheyenne River Youth Project, youth programming is heating up. In November, the nonprofit youth organization is hosting a...
