EAGLE BUTTE, SD (July 24, 2023) — The Cheyenne River Youth Project has announced that it will host a free youth volleyball camp at its Čhokáta Wičhóni (Center of Life) teen center on Thursday and Friday, Aug. 3-4. Camp for 9th to 12th graders will take place on...
On Tuesday, July 25, the Cheyenne River Youth Project will welcome Diane Wilson, an award-winning Mdewakanton Dakota writer and educator who also is an enrolled member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, to its Čhokáta Wičhóni (Center of Life) teen center for a presentation...
In the last two days, our RedCan artists have been completing their large-scale murals in the city of Eagle Butte, supported by volunteer assistants and local youth artists. While they painted, volunteers from Ursuline College and the University of Missouri-St. Louis...
The 9th annual RedCan invitational graffiti jam begins tomorrow, July 5, in the heart of the Cheyenne River Lakota Nation. The four-day, Eagle Butte-based event will run through Saturday evening, July 8. On July 5-6, 12 featured artists from around the country — East,...
When CRYP started its Teen Internship Program, the youth project’s staff was dedicated to providing the Cheyenne River community’s youth with the opportunities and resources they would need to be workforce-ready. Ten years later, not only has the program graduated...
The 9th 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...
This month, the Cheyenne River Youth Project is hosting an artist in residence through the South Dakota Arts Council’s “Artists in Schools and Communities” residency program. Artist Hector Curriel is serving as a guest instructor at CRYP’s Waniyetu Wowapi (Winter...
The Cheyenne River Youth Project announced today that it will welcome the Los Angeles-based Cornerstone Theater Company to its Eagle Butte campus on Friday, June 16. The touring company will perform the play “Wicoun” at 6:30 p.m. in CRYP’s Waniyetu Wowapi (Winter...
In less than two months, the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation will be ground zero for the 9th annual RedCan invitational graffiti jam, the first and only event of its kind in Indian Country. RedCan is scheduled for July 5-8 and is open to the public. Today, the...
The Cheyenne River Youth Project announced today that it will officially kick off the summer season of Midnight Basketball on Friday, June 2 at 9 p.m. The popular, long-running teen program is made possible by support from the Diabetes Action Research and Education...