by Heather Steinberger | Oct 10, 2013 | Special Events
The Cheyenne River Youth Project® in Eagle Butte, South Dakota, has just launched its 2013 Christmas Star Quilt Raffle, giving members of the public a chance to win the distinctive, queen-size Lakota star quilt appropriately named “A Christmas Star.” The blue and...
by Heather Steinberger | Oct 1, 2013 | Community, Family Services, Special Events
The Whos may have held hands and started singing anyway, but for Louisa May Alcott’s beloved heroine Jo March, “Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents.” Jo’s right. For children everywhere, the greatest joy of Christmas morning is waking up to see what...
by Heather Steinberger | Oct 1, 2013 | Community, Family Services, Special Events
Here is this year’s list of the most-requested gift items, along with a short list of supplies CRYP needs for its daily operations in the run-up to the holidays. 2013 Most-Requested Gift Items: Learning Toys for Ages 0-24 Months Walmart, K-Mart, Target, iTunes,...
by Heather Steinberger | Aug 20, 2013 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Community, Special Events, Sustainable Agriculture
It’s late August, and that means more than back-to-school time on South Dakota’s Cheyenne River reservation. It’s time for the fair! Each year on Labor Day weekend, Cheyenne River residents and visitors congregate in Eagle Butte for the annual Cheyenne River Sioux...
by Heather Steinberger | Aug 2, 2013 | Sustainable Agriculture
By midsummer, the 2-acre Winyan Toka Win garden inarguably is the heart of the Cheyenne River Youth Project® operation. Throughout the day, the garden is overflowing with staff members, long-term volunteers, community volunteers and youth participants, all of whom are...
