by Heather Steinberger | Nov 19, 2024 | Sustainable Agriculture
The team at the Cheyenne River Youth Project experienced a thrill this fall when their brand-new beekeeping operation provided its first honey harvest. CRYP harvested roughly 40 pounds of honey in October, canned it and are selling it as Wičháyažipa Othí Wín...
by Heather Steinberger | Nov 19, 2024 | Special Events
November is Native American Heritage Month, and at the Cheyenne River Youth Project, the calendar is full of activities that celebrate Lakota culture and life on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation. Special activities include a Young Women’s Healing Camp,...
by Heather Steinberger | Nov 11, 2024 | The Main Youth Center
Main University, one of the Cheyenne River Youth Project’s most popular programs for the community’s younger children, returned for a new term this fall. For the first time, it was dedicated to cultural health and wellness. The four-week program took place at “The...
by Heather Steinberger | Nov 4, 2024 | Christmas Toy Drive, Family Services, Fundraisers
Today, the Cheyenne River Youth Project announced the official kickoff of the 2024 Wo Otúh’an Wi Toy Drive, which will serve more than 1,000 children again this year. The grassroots, Native-led nonprofit has conducted this massive national drive for more than three...
by Heather Steinberger | Oct 23, 2024 | Volunteer Spotlight
This month, we would like to introduce you to a special volunteer group that joined us for the Harvest Festival season: We’re all Gods Children & Heartlink! Here is what group leader Karen Moore had to say about their experience: “Harvest Festival!...
by Heather Steinberger | Oct 8, 2024 | Community, Special Events
The Cheyenne River Youth Project has announced that it will host its 12th annual Harvest Festival Dinner at its Eagle Butte campus on Friday, Oct. 18. Held in conjunction with the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe’s Indian Child Welfare program, the free public event is...
by Heather Steinberger | Oct 8, 2024 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center
This month, the Cheyenne River Youth Project is welcoming teens to its Cokata Wiconi (Center of Life) for fall internship programming. Open to ages 13-18, the Native Food Sovereignty internship will run from Oct. 9 to Nov. 15, while the Indigenous Cooking and Art...
by Heather Steinberger | Sep 16, 2024 | Christmas Toy Drive, Family Services
It might only be September, but for the Cheyenne River Youth Project, the holidays are right around the corner. In three months, the nonprofit youth organization will deliver multiple personalized gifts to more than 1,000 children in 20 communities across the Cheyenne...
by Heather Steinberger | Sep 9, 2024 | Volunteer Spotlight
Happy Monday, friends! We’d like to take this opportunity to introduce a volunteer who is spending three months with us, departing in November. Her name is Eulalie Douce, and she says: “I am a student in anthropology from France. I discovered CRYP through...
by Heather Steinberger | Sep 4, 2024 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Special Events
On Aug. 23-25, the Cheyenne River Youth Project hosted Wicoti Koskalaka (young men’s camp) at Wakanyeja Kin Wana Ku Pi (The Children Are Coming Home), its new property in rural Meade County adjacent to Bear Butte State Park. Open to young men ages 14-18, the camp...
