by Heather Steinberger | May 19, 2015 | Community, RedCan, Special Events, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
Indian country’s first-ever graffiti jam is just six weeks away, but it’s not too late to support this ground-breaking initiative. The Cheyenne River Youth Project® is still raising funds, which staff will use to purchase paint, art supplies, food and beverages, and...
by Heather Steinberger | May 4, 2015 | Community, Fundraisers
Once again, the local Dairy Queen in Eagle Butte, South Dakota, is planning to its popular “Sweet Tooth for Youth” fundraising event to benefit the Cheyenne River Youth Project®. From Sunday, May 10 to Saturday, May 16, $1 of every malt, shake, Blizzard and Orange...
by Heather Steinberger | Apr 13, 2015 | Community, RedCan, Special Events, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
South Dakota’s Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation comprises two of the poorest counties in the United States, yet it is imaginably rich with the strong, beautiful, enduring Lakota culture. In a sense, Lakota culture and graffiti culture have much in common — graffiti...
by Heather Steinberger | Feb 23, 2015 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center
Less than three weeks remain before the Cheyenne River Youth Project®’s eagerly anticipated 2015 Passion for Fashion event. That means donors and supporters have until Thursday, March 12 to send their new and gently used dresses, formal shoes, jewelry and accessories...
by Heather Steinberger | Feb 2, 2015 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center
Less than six weeks remain before the Cheyenne River Youth Project®’s annual Passion for Fashion event, where young women from across South Dakota’s 2.8-million-acre Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation come together to celebrate that classic American rite of passage,...