by Heather Steinberger | Jul 25, 2024 | Community, Family Services
The Cheyenne River Youth Project announced today that it will be distributing supplies for the 2024-25 school year to hundreds of Cheyenne River children on Friday, Aug. 16. The annual School Supplies Distribution is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at CRYP’s Čhokáta...
by Heather Steinberger | Jul 17, 2024 | RedCan, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
The Cheyenne River Youth Project’s 10th Annual RedCan Invitational Graffiti Jam is in the books. Nine new murals have come to life around Eagle Butte, and the public Waniyetu Wowapi (Winter Count) Art Park is filled to the brim with new pieces from the 14 featured...
by Heather Steinberger | Jul 13, 2024 | RedCan, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
The Cheyenne River Youth Project’s 10th Annual RedCan Invitational Graffiti Jam comes to a close this evening, Saturday, July 13. The 14 featured artists are painting and working with youth artists in CRYP’s 3-acre Waniyetu Wowapi (Winter Count) Art Park, while staff,...
by Heather Steinberger | Jul 11, 2024 | RedCan, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
The Cheyenne River Youth Project’s 10th Annual RedCan Invitational Graffiti Jam hit the halfway mark on Thursday evening, July 11. The 14 featured artists wrapped up painting at their nine large-scale mural sites around Eagle Butte, and now the action moves to CRYP’s...
by Heather Steinberger | Jul 10, 2024 | RedCan, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
The 10th annual RedCan Invitational Graffiti Jam got under way this morning at the Cheyenne River Youth Project’s campus in Eagle Butte. Joining CRYP staff and volunteers this year are 14 featured artists from around the world, including two Maori artists from New...
by Heather Steinberger | Jul 1, 2024 | RedCan, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
The 10th 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...
by Heather Steinberger | Jun 24, 2024 | Sustainable Agriculture
The Cheyenne River Youth Project took an exciting step forward this month, adding a new beekeeping program to its long-running Native Food Sovereignty initiative. Made possible with support from the Whole Kids Foundation, the beekeeping enterprise will empower and...
by Heather Steinberger | Jun 24, 2024 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center
The Cheyenne River Youth Project announced today that five Lakota teens have joined its Youth Employment Trainee Initiative for summer 2024. They are: David Brave Heart, 16; Sarah Berndt, 16; E’von Brown, 16; Nation Cowins, 17; and Alaceyia Adams, 18. With critical...
by Heather Steinberger | Jun 10, 2024 | Sustainable Agriculture
For the Cheyenne River Youth Project, concepts like food sovereignty, land stewardship, and cultural reclamation and revitalization do not exist in separate silos. Rather, they all are dynamic pieces of a larger whole: cultural health. “For Lakota people, these are...
by Heather Steinberger | Jun 10, 2024 | RedCan
The Cheyenne River Youth Project has released a new mini-documentary film to add to its growing library. Titled “Owášte,” which means “to be beneficial or of help in one’s healing” in Lakota, the short film explores how CRYP serves as a healing force on the remote...
