by Heather Steinberger | Dec 11, 2018 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
This October and November, the Cheyenne River Youth Project hosted five 15-hour Lakota Culture Camps through its new Waniyetu Wowapi (Winter Count) Lakota Youth Arts & Culture Institute. Forty-five 13- to 18-year-olds completed the camps, which were made possible...
by Heather Steinberger | Sep 24, 2018 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
This fall, the Cheyenne River Youth Project will host six Lakota Culture Camps at its Cokata Wiconi (Center of Life) teen center. Scheduled for October and November, the 15-hour camps were made possible by a NEA ArtWorks grant for folk and traditional arts, and the...
by Heather Steinberger | Mar 12, 2018 | Community, RedCan, Special Events, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
The Cheyenne River Youth Project has announced that seven popular guest artists will be returning to Eagle Butte this summer for the award-winning RedCan invitational graffiti jam, and it expects to sign additional artists in the coming weeks. To date, East from...
by Heather Steinberger | Mar 5, 2018 | Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
This year will be an important one for the Cheyenne River Youth Project, as it continues to develop the curriculum at its Waniyetu Wowapi (Winter Count) Lakota Youth Arts & Culture Institute. Thanks to a $125,000, two-year grant from the John T. Vucurevich...
by Heather Steinberger | Feb 9, 2018 | Community, RedCan, Waniyetu Wowapi Lakota Arts Institute
National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has approved more than $25 million in grants as part of the NEA’s first major funding announcement for this fiscal year, and included in this announcement is a Challenge America grant of $10,000 to the Cheyenne River...
