It’s that time of year again. On Wednesday, Aug. 10, the Cheyenne River Youth Project in Eagle Butte will begin distributing much-needed school supplies for the 2022-23 school year. Due to rising Covid case rates on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation, the nonprofit...
On Friday and Saturday, July 8-9, the Cheyenne River Youth Project’s 8th annual RedCan invitational graffiti jam entered its final two days. With their five large-scale murals in downtown Eagle Butte now complete, the 11 featured artists moved into CRYP’s Waniyetu...
The Cheyenne River Youth Project’s 8th annual RedCan invitational graffiti jam officially kicked off Wednesday, July 6, in Eagle Butte, South Dakota. After the 8:30 a.m. drum song and blessing, the youth project’s 11 guest artists began painting at their five mural...
EAGLE BUTTE, SD (July 1, 2022) — The Cheyenne River Youth Project’s 8th annual RedCan invitational graffiti jam begins next week. Starting on Wednesday, July 6, new and transformative public art will rise in the heart of the Cheyenne River Lakota Nation — but that’s...
In collaboration with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Cheyenne River Youth Project distributed food and household items to 300 families on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation on Monday and Tuesday, June 6-7. These included cooked ground beef,...
The Cheyenne River Youth Project announced today that it is launching a new track in its nationally recognized teen internship program. A pilot project made possible with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Lakota Culture Internship will begin...
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)...
RedCan is rising once again. CRYP's 8th annual invitational graffiti jam is scheduled for Wednesday, July 6 to Saturday, July 9, and CRYP has just released the lineup of its featured artists and special guests for this year’s event. Held in the heart of the Cheyenne...
On Thursday, May 19, Americans for the Arts presented its 2022 Selina Roberts Ottum Award for Arts Leadership to Julie Garreau, executive director of the Cheyenne River Youth Project. The national nonprofit organization’s awards presentation was part of its annual...
After experiencing the closure of its popular Passion for Fashion program during spring 2020, the team at the Cheyenne River Youth Project worked hard to reinvent the program for the Covid era. That innovative solution again proved successful this year, serving...
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