by Heather Steinberger | Aug 28, 2017 | Community, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
The Cheyenne River Youth Project® has announced that it will be hosting a one-day, invitational Lakota Graffiti Jam in conjunction with the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe’s annual Fair, Rodeo and Powwow weekend. The invitational graffiti jam is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 6...
by Heather Steinberger | May 1, 2017 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center
On April 18-20, the Cheyenne River Youth Project® welcomed the First Peoples Funds’ Rolling Rez Arts mobile unit to the Cheyenne River Lakota Nation. Visiting artist Wade Patton and First Peoples Fund Coordinator Bryan Parker spent three evenings with the nonprofit...
by Heather Steinberger | Nov 14, 2016 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center
This fall, interns at the Cheyenne River Youth Project® had the opportunity to learn traditional Lakota arts at the nonprofit organization’s Cokata Wiconi (Center of Life) teen center. Classes, which included hide tanning and jewelry making, were made possible through...
by Heather Steinberger | Jun 14, 2016 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, CRYP Hall of Fame
Through the Cheyenne River Youth Project’s teen internship programs, we’re able to engage young people with a variety of interests. Some teens want to work in our organic Winyan Toka Win (Leading Lady) garden. Others wish to learn to make gourmet coffees and prepare...
by Heather Steinberger | Jun 13, 2016 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Community, RedCan, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
There’s still time to support Cheyenne River Youth Project®’s acclaimed RedCan graffiti jam, scheduled for July 6-9 in Eagle Butte, South Dakota. Through Crowdrise, the nonprofit youth organization seeks to raise much-needed funds to cover the costs of paint, art...
