by Heather Steinberger | Jul 7, 2022 | RedCan
The Cheyenne River Youth Project’s 8th annual RedCan invitational graffiti jam officially kicked off Wednesday, July 6, in Eagle Butte, South Dakota. After the 8:30 a.m. drum song and blessing, the youth project’s 11 guest artists began painting at their five mural...
by Heather Steinberger | Jun 30, 2022 | RedCan
EAGLE BUTTE, SD (July 1, 2022) — The Cheyenne River Youth Project’s 8th annual RedCan invitational graffiti jam begins next week. Starting on Wednesday, July 6, new and transformative public art will rise in the heart of the Cheyenne River Lakota Nation — but that’s...
by Heather Steinberger | Jun 7, 2022 | Community, Partnerships
In collaboration with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the Cheyenne River Youth Project distributed food and household items to 300 families on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation on Monday and Tuesday, June 6-7. These included cooked ground beef,...
by Heather Steinberger | Jun 6, 2022 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center
The Cheyenne River Youth Project announced today that it is launching a new track in its nationally recognized teen internship program. A pilot project made possible with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Lakota Culture Internship will begin...
by Heather Steinberger | May 27, 2022 | Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
The Cheyenne River Youth Project announced today that Wakinyan Chief has joined its full-time staff as art manager. In this role, Chief is responsible for overseeing programming at the nonprofit community development organization’s Waniyetu Wowapi (Winter Count)...
by Heather Steinberger | May 27, 2022 | RedCan
RedCan is rising once again. CRYP’s 8th annual invitational graffiti jam is scheduled for Wednesday, July 6 to Saturday, July 9, and CRYP has just released the lineup of its featured artists and special guests for this year’s event. Held in the heart of the...
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...
