CRYP has been chosen as one of the beneficiaries of the annual Law Rocks event in Washington D.C. The city’s legal community will hold its fourth epic battle-of-the-bands for charity at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 13 at the 9:30 Club. All performers in Law Rocks Washington D.C. are legal professionals turned rockstars, with each… Continue Reading
On Saturday, July 28, a dedicated group of volunteers transformed an empty site into a kid-designed, state-of-the-art playground at Cheyenne River Youth Project. In just six hours, 38 volunteers did the work of 100-plus—and CRYP’s children now have the KaBoom play space they’ve wanted since 2015. “Hats off to KaBoom, the Playworld staff, Wells… Continue Reading
CRYP is now accepting donations for the 2018 School Supplies Drive! The official distribution is scheduled to take place at the Cokata Wiconi (Center of Life) teen center from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 16, and all members of CRYP’s Family Services program may participate with their children. Families who aren’t able… Continue Reading
CRYP will be hosting free vision clinics and children’s tea parties on Monday, July 30 and Tuesday, July 31 at the CRYP campus in Eagle Butte. New Providence, Pennsylvania-based We’re All God’s Children will be conducting both activities. Four of CRYP’s teen interns will be assisting the vision team during the clinics, which are scheduled… Continue Reading
The fourth annual RedCan invitational graffiti jam is now in the books, and the Cheyenne River Youth Project has announced that its media production team is hard at work on a full RedCan 2018 documentary film. In the weeks leading up to its mid- to late August release, CRYP will be sharing a series of… Continue Reading
A couple of months ago, we profiled one of the five Lakota teens who have been participating in “Growing Into Wowachinyepi (One Who the People Can Depend On),” a special program we designed in conjunction with the Center for Native American Youth at the Aspen Institute based on its “Champions for Change.” This month, we’d… Continue Reading
CRYP will host a free youth volleyball camp at the Cokata Wiconi (Center of Life) teen center this month. The Wakpa Wasté Volleyball Camp for 7th to 12th graders will take place on Thursday and Friday, July 12-13, with 7th-8th graders playing at 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 9th-12th graders playing at 1-3:30 p.m.… Continue Reading
This week, CRYP officially launched its online store. The e-store carries select items from CRYP’s Keya (Turtle) Gift Shop, and proceeds benefit the nonprofit organization’s youth programming and family services on South Dakota’s remote Cheyenne River Lakota reservation. The Keya Gift Shop is an important social enterprise for CRYP, along with the Keya Cafe &… Continue Reading
In just 10 days, the Cheyenne River Youth Project in Eagle Butte will once again host its annual RedCan invitational graffiti jam, a three-day celebration of art and culture. This innovative event, the first and only graffiti jam in Indian Country, will incorporate mural painting by guest and local artists, live music and comedy from… Continue Reading
The Cheyenne River Youth Project’s Spring Performing Art Series came to a close on May 25, when it welcomed Prolific the Rapper, Gunner Jules and Let It Bee and a crowd of nearly 150 people to its free, public Waniyetu Wowapi (Winter Count) Art Park for a special community concert. A total of nearly 600… Continue Reading
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