by Heather Steinberger | Sep 11, 2023 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
The nonprofit Cheyenne River Youth Project has provided arts programming to Lakota children and teens for nearly 35 years. A critical component of this programming is providing the young people with access to traditional Lakota artists and culture bearers. One of...
by Heather Steinberger | Nov 8, 2021 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Community, Special Events, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
In the Lakota language, November is Waníyetu Wí, the winter moon. Nature turns inward as the weeks slide toward the winter solstice, but at the Cheyenne River Youth Project, youth programming is heating up. In November, the nonprofit youth organization is hosting a...
by Heather Steinberger | Oct 25, 2019 | Christmas Toy Drive
The Cheyenne River Youth Project has announced the launch of its annual star quilt raffle, which will help support the nonprofit youth organization’s annual Wo Otúh’an Wi Toy Drive on South Dakota’s remote Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation. The toy drive, which...
by Heather Steinberger | Sep 12, 2019 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
On Labor Day weekend, the Cheyenne River Youth Project officially graduated 11 Lakota teens from its summer arts internship program. This is a record-breaking number for the nonprofit youth organization, which began offering teen internships in 2013. “Normally, we...
by Heather Steinberger | Mar 22, 2019 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
This spring, the Cheyenne River Youth Project will host three 15-hour Lakota Culture Camps through its new Waniyetu Wowapi (Winter Count) Lakota Youth Arts & Culture Institute. Open to youth ages 13-18, the camps are made possible through grants from NEA ArtWorks,...
