The Cheyenne River Youth Project’s 10th Annual RedCan Invitational Graffiti Jam comes to a close this evening, Saturday, July 13. The 14 featured artists are painting and working with youth artists in CRYP’s 3-acre Waniyetu Wowapi (Winter Count) Art Park, while staff,...
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RedCan Painting & Activities Move to Waniyetu Wowapi Art Park on July 12-13
The Cheyenne River Youth Project’s 10th Annual RedCan Invitational Graffiti Jam hit the halfway mark on Thursday evening, July 11. The 14 featured artists wrapped up painting at their nine large-scale mural sites around Eagle Butte, and now the action moves to CRYP’s...
RedCan 2024 is Now Under Way!
The 10th annual RedCan Invitational Graffiti Jam got under way this morning at the Cheyenne River Youth Project’s campus in Eagle Butte. Joining CRYP staff and volunteers this year are 14 featured artists from around the world, including two Maori artists from New...
CRYP Prepares to Welcome Artists, Performers and Guests to 10th Annual RedCan
The 10th annual RedCan Invitational Graffiti Jam is just one week away, and CRYP staff and volunteers are preparing to welcome artists, performers and guests to the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation for four days of art, culture and connection. The first and only event...
Bee a Good Relative: CRYP Adds Beekeeping to Food Sovereignty Programming
The Cheyenne River Youth Project took an exciting step forward this month, adding a new beekeeping program to its long-running Native Food Sovereignty initiative. Made possible with support from the Whole Kids Foundation, the beekeeping enterprise will empower and...
Five Lakota Teens Join CRYP’s Youth Employment Training Initiative This Summer
The Cheyenne River Youth Project announced today that five Lakota teens have joined its Youth Employment Trainee Initiative for summer 2024. They are: David Brave Heart, 16; Sarah Berndt, 16; E’von Brown, 16; Nation Cowins, 17; and Alaceyia Adams, 18. With critical...
CRYP Expands Food Sovereignty Initiatives to Enhance Cultural Health
For the Cheyenne River Youth Project, concepts like food sovereignty, land stewardship, and cultural reclamation and revitalization do not exist in separate silos. Rather, they all are dynamic pieces of a larger whole: cultural health. “For Lakota people, these are...
CRYP Releases Mini-Documentary “Owaste” as RedCan Approaches
The Cheyenne River Youth Project has released a new mini-documentary film to add to its growing library. Titled “Owášte,” which means “to be beneficial or of help in one’s healing” in Lakota, the short film explores how CRYP serves as a healing force on the remote...
CRYP Kicks Off 2024 Growing Season with Garden Blessing
On Thursday, May 16, the Cheyenne River Youth Project officially launched its 2024 growing season with a Lakota garden blessing. Staff, youth, and community members gathered in the 2.5-acre, naturally grown Winyan Toka Win (Leading Lady) Garden for the annual event....
CRYP Will Host “Spark! Places of Innovation” Exhibition on May 18-June 29
This Saturday, May 18, the Cheyenne River Youth Project will unveil a very special exhibition in its Čhokáta Wičhóni (Center of Life) Teen Center. Titled “Spark! Places of Innovation,” the traveling exhibition highlights how innovation has shaped small towns across...