by Heather Steinberger | Mar 1, 2021 | Indian Country News
“A new program launched by South Dakota State University in partnership with the Indian University of North America focuses on ecosystem sustainability from a Lakota perspective.”...
by Heather Steinberger | Feb 28, 2021 | Indian Country News
:It’s been 100 years since Jim Thorpe dashed through the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, and we’re still chasing him. Greatest-evers are always hard to quantify, but Thorpe is especially so, a laconic, evasive passerby who defies Olympic idealizing. A breakfast of...
by Heather Steinberger | Feb 28, 2021 | Community, Covid-19, Special Events
As schools on South Dakota’s Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation prepare to welcome children back to in-person learning on Mar. 8, the staff at the Cheyenne River Youth Project is getting ready to commemorate the occasion with a special, and safe, Back to School Bash....
by Heather Steinberger | Feb 28, 2021 | Community, Covid-19, Special Events
With support from Feeding South Dakota and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Cheyenne River Youth Project distributed 1,100 food boxes to community members on Tuesday, Feb. 23. The nonprofit youth organization’s small staff and a group of youth volunteers...
by Heather Steinberger | Feb 22, 2021 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Partnerships
In collaboration with the Center for Native American Youth at the Aspen Institute, the Cheyenne River Youth Project is bringing back the popular “Growing into Wowachinyepi” program for 2021. CRYP and CNAY are currently accepting applications for this second cohort,...
by Heather Steinberger | Feb 22, 2021 | Indian Country News
“As the state doubles down in its effort to scuttle the Shinnecock Indian Nation’s digital billboard project on Sunrise Highway, it’s drawing the ire of a Southampton resident who is providing moral and financial support to the tribe: Pink Floyd co-founder...
by Heather Steinberger | Feb 22, 2021 | Indian Country News
“If she wins Senate approval, Democratic Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico will become the first Native American Cabinet secretary. But perhaps more importantly, as secretary of the Interior, the enrolled member of the Pueblo of Laguna would also become the first...
by Heather Steinberger | Feb 16, 2021 | Indian Country News
“WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Interior Department will start consultations with Native American tribal leaders next month on COVID-19, economic security, racial justice and climate change, part of efforts by President Joe Biden to get more tribal input...
by Heather Steinberger | Feb 15, 2021 | Indian Country News
“In his first week in office, President Joe Biden appointed three Indigenous members to his roster, including attorneys Robert Anderson (Boise Forte Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe) and Ann Marie Bledsoe Downes (Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska) to the Interior...
by Heather Steinberger | Feb 15, 2021 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Community, Covid-19, Special Events
The Cheyenne River Youth Project announced today that Passion for Fashion will be back for 2021 — in a safe, virtual space. Scheduled for Saturday, Mar. 20, this intergenerational wellness event will include a curbside drive-thru luncheon, self-care kits, keynote...
