by Heather Steinberger | May 24, 2022 | Partnerships & Awards
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...
by Heather Steinberger | May 17, 2022 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Community, Partnerships
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...
by Heather Steinberger | May 16, 2022 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Community, Partnerships
In partnership with Red Nation Enterprises and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe’s Youth Affairs and Indian Child Welfare (ICWA) programs, the Cheyenne River Youth Project hosted the BallOut Youth Basketball Tournament on Saturday, May 7. The free event, held in CRYP’s...
by Heather Steinberger | Apr 25, 2022 | Community, Partnerships
In partnership with Generations Indigenous Ways, the nonprofit Cheyenne River Youth Project has launched a new seasonal camping program on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation that allows young people to strengthen the connections they have with their traditional...
by Heather Steinberger | Apr 25, 2022 | Art Center, Partnerships & Awards, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
The Cheyenne River Youth Project has announced that its new documentary film, titled “Waniyetu Wowapi (Winter Count),” is a featured film at this year’s Latino & Native American Film Festival. The groundbreaking festival at Southern Connecticut State University in...
by Heather Steinberger | Mar 31, 2022 | Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
The Cheyenne River Youth Project is proud to introduce its second cohort of Lakota Art Fellows: Julia Lesmeister, 15; Sierra Maynard, 15; and Courtney Silk, 14. All three teens attend Cheyenne-Eagle Butte High School. CRYP created the Lakota Art Fellowship in 2019 so...
by Heather Steinberger | Mar 14, 2022 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center
The Cheyenne River Youth Project announced today that its new Wíyukačanyan Wówawičhakhiyapi (Creative Writing) internship will officially launch on Monday, Apr. 4. This will be the sixth internship track offered at the nonprofit youth organization, which also offers...
by Heather Steinberger | Feb 22, 2022 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, CRYP Hall of Fame
The Covid-19 pandemic left the Cheyenne River Youth Project reeling, just like everyone else in 2020. During those earliest weeks of lockdown, all we could do was prepare and distribute takeout meals; we missed our kids, and we knew we had to find a way to bring back...
by Heather Steinberger | Feb 21, 2022 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center
CRYP’s popular Passion for Fashion event will return this spring with a drive-thru event on Mar. 19 and private formal-wear appointments starting Apr. 1. These appointments likely will be available through May 1, although CRYP will provide updates based on local...
by Heather Steinberger | Feb 7, 2022 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center
The Cheyenne River Youth Project is preparing to launch its sixth teen internship program in Eagle Butte. Applications are now available for the new Wíyukačanyan Wówawičhakhiyapi (Creative Writing) internship, which will officially kick off in March. During the...
