by Heather Steinberger | Feb 22, 2019 | The Main Youth Center
Last year, CRYP started a fifth internship track in response to teens who were asking for a dedicated cooking curriculum. The program has been so popular, the nonprofit youth organization has gone a step farther and is introducing a special cooking class for 4- to...
by Heather Steinberger | Jan 7, 2019 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, The Main Youth Center
With the annual Christmas Toy Drive successfully concluded for yet another holiday season, the Cheyenne River Youth Project has reopened its doors for Cheyenne River youth. Cokata Wiconi (Center of Life) is now open to teens from 5 to 8 p.m. daily, while 4- to...
by Heather Steinberger | Oct 26, 2018 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, The Main Youth Center
While the Cheyenne River Youth Project has been offering Native Wellness Internships for teens since 2014 and a variety of wellness-related children’s programs since its founding 30 years ago, the nonprofit organization is launching an exciting new wellness initiative...
by Heather Steinberger | Oct 22, 2018 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center, CRYP Hall of Fame
Basketball is a big deal on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. Lakota youth have a great passion for the sport, so it’s perhaps unsurprising that many of them first find their way into Cheyenne River Youth Project programs via our full-size Morgan...
by Heather Steinberger | Jul 30, 2018 | The Main Youth Center
On Saturday, July 28, a dedicated group of volunteers transformed an empty site into a kid-designed, state-of-the-art playground at Cheyenne River Youth Project. In just six hours, 38 volunteers did the work of 100-plus—and CRYP’s children now have the KaBoom play...
