by Heather Steinberger | Jun 4, 2021 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center
On Friday, June 11, the Cheyenne River Youth Project will welcome teens back to its Eagle Butte campus en masse for the first time in nearly 15 months. Summer is here, Covid-19 is on the wane, and it’s time for Midnight Basketball. The fun will begin at 9 p.m. and run...
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 | May 8, 2017 | Cokata Wiconi Teen Center
For nearly 30 years, the Cheyenne River Youth Project® has been dedicated to building and nurturing healthy children through its innovative, resourceful youth programs. The launch of CRYP’S teen internship program at the Cokata Wiconi (Center of Life) teen center...
by Heather Steinberger | Apr 24, 2017 | The Main Youth Center
For nearly three decades, the Cheyenne River Youth Project® has been dedicated to fostering wellness among the Cheyenne River Lakota reservation’s young people. And to Executive Director Julie Garreau and her staff, that means more than simply providing meals, snacks...
by Heather Steinberger | Mar 13, 2017 | The Main Youth Center
Winter doesn’t stop the Cheyenne River Youth Project®. Although the growing season is still many weeks away, the nonprofit youth organization is already engaging children with the concepts of sustainable agriculture and food sovereignty—even the youngest children....