On Friday, November 1, the National Indian Education Association presented the Cheyenne River Youth Project® with its 2013 Community Service Award. The special awards luncheon took place during the 44th Annual NIEA Convention & Trade Show at the Rapid City Civic...
News & Updates
Coloradans Join Forces to Help Bring Christmas to Cheyenne River
Christmas is less than two months away, and individuals and organizations around the country are working hard to fulfill the "Dear Santa" wishes of 1,500 children here on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation. That includes schoolchildren, families and businesses in...
Free Community Gardening Classes are a Success!
On Tuesday, October 22, and Thursday, October 24, the Cheyenne River Youth Project® and the Intertribal Agriculture Council joined forces to offer two free classes for the Cheyenne River community: Modern Gardening Basics, and Advanced Gardening / Farming. Steven...
CRYP Will Host Christmas Artists’ Market, Youth Holiday Parties in December
Although December is still a month away, the staff and volunteers at the Cheyenne River Youth Project® in Eagle Butte, South Dakota, are already planning the flurry of activity that will descend on the Cokata Wiconi teen center and The Main youth center in the last...
CRYP Launches Fall Semester of Main University
Earlier this month, the Cheyenne River Youth Project® officially launched its fall semester of Main University, one of the 25-year-old, not-for-profit youth organization’s most popular and enduring programs. Recipient of a “Champion for Children” award from the South...
CRYP Welcomes New Cafe Manager, Announces Keya Cafe “Soft Opening”
CRYYP is pleased to announce that Jerri Ellen Thompson-LaPlante was promoted to the role of cafe manager this month. LaPlante, who has been working as a youth programs assistant for the 25-year-old, not-for-profit youth project, will immediately begin preparations for...
CRYP Welcomed 166 People to First-Ever “Harvest Festival”
CRYP welcomed 166 members of the community to the Cokata Wiconi teen center on Wednesday, October 9, for its first-ever Harvest Festival. This special celebration was the first in a series of 12 monthly events to commemorate the grassroots, not-for-profit youth...
CRYP Will Host Two Free Community Gardening Classes on Oct. 22 & 24
From 5 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, October 22, and Thursday, October 24, the Cheyenne River Youth Project® will be offering two exciting classes for the Cheyenne River community: Modern Gardening Basics, and Advanced Gardening / Farming. Steven Bond, a technical assistance...
Support CRYP & Have the Chance to Win a Handmade Lakota Star Quilt!
The Cheyenne River Youth Project® in Eagle Butte, South Dakota, has just launched its 2013 Christmas Star Quilt Raffle, giving members of the public a chance to win the distinctive, queen-size Lakota star quilt appropriately named “A Christmas Star.” The blue and...
CRYP Welcomes Ryan Devlin, Sustainable Agriculture Manager
CRYP is excited to announce that Ryan Devlin joined its full-time staff in late September. Devlin will serve as the organization’s sustainable agriculture manager. In his new role, Devlin will be responsible for preparation, planting, maintenance and harvesting of the...