After a long pandemic hiatus, one of the Cheyenne River Youth Project’s most beloved programs returned this winter. Main University kicked off on Jan. 18 and ran for six weeks, with 17 children celebrating their graduation on Monday, Mar. 6. A recipient of a...
In collaboration with Generations Indigenous Ways and with support from the National Institutes of Health, the Cheyenne River Youth Project was able to take five youth ages 14-16 to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation for Lakota Winter Camp last month. The camp took...
Earlier this month, the Cheyenne River Youth Project celebrated the return of one of its most popular teen programs. On Friday, Feb. 12, the nonprofit organization welcomed 91 teens to its Čhokáta Wičhóni gymnasium for the first Midnight Basketball event in nearly...
The Cheyenne River Youth Project announced today that is welcoming seven teens to its first youth advisory council. Called Tȟeča Hótȟaŋiŋpi (Youth Make Their Voices Heard), the new council will advise the CRYP Board of Directors and staff about what young people would...
For the first time in four years, the Cheyenne River Youth Project will be welcoming youth back to the Čhokáta Wičhóni (Center of Life) teen center for one of its most beloved programs. From 12 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Mar. 18, attendees will be able to join CRYP staff,...
The Cheyenne River Youth Project announced today that it has partnered with the REI Cooperative Action Fund to support youth programming through a donor challenge. That challenge seeks to raise $50,000 by Mar. 31. The REI Cooperative Action Fund directly supports...
The Cheyenne River Youth Project announced today that its 2022 short documentary film “Waniyetu Wowapi (Winter Count)” is an official selection for the 17th Annual Beaufort International Film Festival. The festival will take place on Feb. 21-26 in the historic coastal...
When Executive Director Julie Garreau calls the Cheyenne River Youth Project the “little nonprofit that did,” she means what she says. The nearly 35-year-old, Native-led, grassroots organization proves at every turn that it keeps the promises it makes to the Cheyenne...
The Cheyenne River Youth Project announced today that approximately 350 children’s Wish Lists remain to be adopted in this year’s Wo Otúh'an Wi Toy Drive. With the help of its partners and supporters across the country, the nonprofit organization seeks to bring...
Each year, the Cheyenne River Youth Project hosts a star quilt raffle to help support its annual Wo Otúh'an Wi Toy Drive. Every raffle ticket purchase will help bring holiday joy and magic to hundreds of Lakota children on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation later...