by Heather Steinberger | May 17, 2019 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center
It’s no secret that basketball is the most popular sport among Lakota youth on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation. To celebrate their passion, encourage wellness and provide even more opportunities to hone their skills, the Cheyenne River Youth Project will be...
by Heather Steinberger | May 17, 2018 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Community, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
On Friday, May 25, the Cheyenne River Youth Project will officially kick off its summer 2018 Midnight Basketball season—and bring its spring Waniyetu Wowapi (Winter Count) Performing Arts Series to a close—with an eagerly anticipated celebration at its Eagle Butte...
by Heather Steinberger | Apr 9, 2018 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Community, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
The Cheyenne River Youth Project has announced that it officially launched its Waniyetu Wowapi (Winter Count) Performing Art Series on Saturday, Apr. 7 and will host regularly scheduled events through the end of May. The family-friendly series, made possible with...
by Heather Steinberger | Jan 29, 2018 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, The Main Youth Center
From Jan. 8 to 22, two senior-level nursing students from Augustana University in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, volunteered on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation as part of their immersion experience in a “Leadership in Nursing” course. Their hours were split between...
by Heather Steinberger | Dec 18, 2017 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center
The Cheyenne River Youth Project has just announced that it will host a special edition of Midnight Basketball this New Year’s Eve at the Cokata Wiconi (Center of Life) teen center. Scheduled from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m., the event will include a 5-on-5 tourney, board games,...
