2 August 13, 1998
Warm Springs, Oregon
SpilyayTymoo
Benefits Of
workplace
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A broad brush Employee Assis
tance Program was developed by the
tribe to help both the employee and
the employer. In the last issue of the
Spilyay Tymoo, an article discussed
how the EAP helps the employee.
Today we will discuss how it assists
and benefits the employer. That in
cludes, the tribal government, Warm
Springs Forest Products, Indian Head
Casino, Kah-Nee-Ta Resort and
Composite Products.
A supervisor spends a great deal
of time dealing with problem em
ployees in the workplace. Out of
every 10 employees, an average of 3
people take up most of the
supervisor's time. All the time spent
dealing with disruptive employees
take away from doing the job (hat the
supervisor is hired to do, costs the
tribe very large amounts of money,
and contributes to other employee
dissatisfaction and frustration toward
the worksite for not resolving the
problems. This causes tremendous
conflict in departments experiencing
these problems.
The EAP works closely with the
supervisor to assist and advise them
in methods of dealing with employ
ees who are not doing their work
according to the standard required
by the workplace. That may include
not coming to work on time, not
coming to work at all, doing the
minimum amount of work or doing it
incorrectly, being disruptive, gos
siping, inciting others to be dissatis
fied and not work appropriately,
taking excessive leave and sick time,
coming to work intoxicated, hung
over, or perhaps being under the in
fluence of other mood altering
chemicals. The EAP assists the em-
Eloyee get what help they need to
eep their job when they are willing,
and sometimes when they are not. In
most settings, they work closely with
Human Resources, who assist super-
Chemawa gearing up
Chcmawa Indian School (CIS)
School Supervisor, Louis King, an
nounced that classes for the 1998
1999 School Year will begin Sept. 1
4 for new students and Sept. 7 for
returning students. Students who are
enrolled, will travel Aug. 30-31, re
turning students will travel Sept. 5-6,
or as soon as possible thereafter by
bus, train, or air as arranged by CIS.
CIS is an off-reservation board
ing (residential) high school accred
ited by Northwest Association of
Schools and Colleges and the State
of Oregon, and offers a wide variety
of programs for Indian youth. The
school's beautiful campus includes
400 acres near Salem, and is SO mile
south of Portland. It is situated be
tween the majestic Cascade Moun
tain range and the scenic Pacific
Coast.
Course offerings for this year in
clude general, vocational, computer,
art, personal relationships, special
education, program where students
are provided additional academic and
remedial helpevenings and week
ends. According to King, the school
is noted for and emphasizes alcohol,
and drug educationtreatment, coun
seling, and guidance, nutritional food
service, modern dormitories with an
enhanced home living environment,
varied cultural and Native American
activities, student government, di
verse athletic programs, a new Ag
Club program, and a broad range of
interesting recreational opportunities.
Chemawa graduated 27 seniors
last school year with many of these
students eagerly waiting to attend
college or vocational training this
fall reported Larry Byers, Academic
Department Head. The Honor Roll
last year had 28 students.
"We are busy finalizing plans for
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EAP helps the supervisor main
tain the employees confidentiality
when they are having personal or
work problems, when employees are
having difficulties, they often come
to the supervisor revealing personal
problems which need to be reserved
for other settings, such as counseling,
medical, legal or treatment. Super
visors frequently speak to several
other people above them to under
stand what they need to do. In the
process, they often discuss the per
sonal problems of the employee with
their superiors or other supervisors.
The EAP helps the supervisor docu
ment and take action regarding the
employee behavior without having
to discuss the problem with multiple
people. It is a major complaint of
employees in Warm Springs that
there is no confidentiality in the
workplace. The EAP also helps em
ployees confidentiality to be main
tained when they are involved in a
disciplinary action by helping the
employee and supervisor both un
derstand who has a right to know
about the action and what they have
a right to know.
Another role is to help the super
visor understand how to do factual,
brief, and appropriate documentation
which assists them in helping the
employee know how to change a
behavior. If an employee is being
asked to change a behavior at work,
it must be clear what they are to
change. An EAP assists the supervi
sor in being clear about what are
actual job performance problems of
an employee and what may be
workplace conflicts or gossip. The
EAP removes the burden and re
sponsibility from the supervisor or
manager of thinking they have to
make a diagnosis why an employee
is behaving in a particular manner,
rather than just describing what the
employee is doing. Once the man-
the fall semester, "Hopefully, all are
having a great summer and I am
looking forward to seeing the return
ing students as well as meeting all
new students this fall," stated Byers.
Chemawa School's Drug and Al
cohol is recognized as one of the
outstanding programs in the Bureau
of Indian Affair's school system. The
program was determined to have
made a positive difference in the
academic, cultural, social, and per
sonal lives of the American Indian
students attending Chemawa. "Many
students have been helped to over
come their chemical dependency and
abuse problems through Chemawa' s
Drug and Alcohol Program plus coun
seling efforts," stated King.
An educational television news
network program (Channel One) is
used for the students. A computer
ized instructional program is avail
able for the students. Fully equipped
computer laboratories are available
for students' use. "Learning is con
sidered a lifestyle and not a destina
tion," remarked King.
Recreation and leisure activities
include skiing, river rafting, swim
ming, mountain hiking, camping,
attendance at NBA and many college
basketball games, excursions to the
Pacific Coast, and participation in
many clubs, social events, student
banquets, school barbecues and pic
nics. Pow Wows are planned during
the coming School Year. Notewor
thy outside speakers are also planned
to visit the school and students.
Students, parents, andor guard
ians are urged to submit enrollment
applications to Chemawa Indian
School, 3700 Chemawa Road NE,
Salem, Oregon 97305-1 199, or call
Kathy Murray, Register, (503) 399-5870.
Supervisors and the
ager or supervisor becomes caught
in (he trap of diagnosing the reason
for the employees difficulty, they are
involved in a place which puts them
at a disadvantage both legally and
emotionally. When the supervisor
follows the correct procedures, if it
becomes necessary to terminate an
employee, it will be done properly
and thoroughly. Often the involve
ment of the EAP recognizes the need
for employee to leave the workplace
on either medical disability or on
social security disability rather than
just being terminated. Referrals to
outside resources may help to es
tablish this benefit which could oth
erwise be lost.
If a manager or supervisor follows
through with dealing with problem
employees in a timely manner, and
follow through on the communication
regarding the referrals to the EAP,
they will reduce the time spent on
worrying because the problem does
not go away, they will reduce the
high turnover rates, and reduce
sending problem employees on to
another Warm Springs department
or industry for another manager to
deal with where they will be termi
nated later. The supervisors frustra
tion and stress level will also be
significantly reduced. As a result
there will be fewer labor and indus-
try claims against the organization,
there will be lower health utilization,
which in turn helps keep benefits
costs lower, as well as fewer unem
ployment compensation claims.
This program is not a "quick fix"
where the supervisor just sends the
employee off to the EAP to be fixed
and they no longer have to worry
about him or her. This is a long term
united process where the goal is to
actually help the employee become
the best employee they can be, help
the supervisor learn the skills of su
pervising, and to help tribal mem
Spilyay I'nawa Mishk'aau
(Spilyay asks "What's Up?")
What does your Tribal Culture mean to you?
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Tammy Kalama, "What my
tribal culture means to me is, that if it
isn't handed down from your family,
it is going to flunk. It's very impor
tant that we hang on to what we do
have."
Sal Sahme, "It means, personally,
the bonding or my connection to my
past, who I am. It means my f amily
name, the chiefs' lineage that my
family comes from. And then, to
bring it to the present, given my
connection to the past, it tells me
who I am today. In a modern sense
it's my tribal identity connection to
who I've become by way of becoming
educated. What it means to me in the
future, by knowing where I came
from and my connection to my an
cestors', and that's history and that's
oral tradition, it tells me that I'm
soundly rounded in who I am today
so that for the future, I'll never lose a
sense of identity or a sense of who I
am and who my family, my children
and me extended family are."
bers and other Indians get and keep
the jobs which have been developed
on the reservation. For this to occur,
it must become a unified effort of
each and every industry to follow the
utilization of the program. The team
work effort of the Tribal council,
General Managers of each industry,
and each division of the Tribe will
reflect the cooperative effort which
has been so successful throughout
the country in reducing employment
costs, legal actions, and create healthy
work environments.
Of equal importance however is
the image which is created in the
community of Warm Springs and in
the larger community. As Tribes and
Reservation become more concerned
about federal and state government
interference into their practices re
garding employment and termination
practices it is important to utilize a
resource which is already available.
This has occurred with the large
number of casinos and other indus
tries being developed. It is imperative
that everything possible be done to
maintain the highest level of integrity
as well as financial benefits in deal
ing with employees of the industries.
Employee Assistance Programs have
shown nation wide that they are one
of the greaiest deterrents to "wrongful
termination" actions and law suits as
well as all of the other personal and
financial benefits which results from
utilizing this program which the tribe
has developed. It is very important
that Tribes show the rest of the world
that they have the integrity to man
age industries in a "state of the art"
manner which preserves and protects
all employees. Nothing will dis
courage interference of personal
practices by outside sources to a
greater degree than maintaining the
utmost care and appropriateness in
the manner of dealing with all em
ployees. 'Ml
Charlie Strom, "What my tribal
culture means to me is going to
powwows, going to Sunday services,
helping senior citizens and partici
pating in the longhouse."
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John Marcum, "What my tribal
culture means to me is being proud to
be a Warm Springs tribal member.
This opened many doors for me that
were inaccessible before. It means
being able to hunt, fish and explore
my tribal culture."
Cecilia Herrera, (15) "What my
tribal culture means to me is being
able to express myself in our tradi
tional ways. I participate in our
longhouse by attendingevcry Sunday
and helping my grandmother with
the services. I also help in our
longhouse kitchen."
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Air Life adds new plane to
life savin9 f,i9ht program
Air Life of Oregon has become Bartly notes that Air Life con-
the first air ambulance program in
the United States to utilize what some
call the world's safest, most efficient
and most cost effective airplane avail
able for medical transport. Air Life's
new Swiss-built Pilatus PC 1 2 is the
first and only single-engine plane
currently providing air medical ser
vices in the U.S. Until a 1997 Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) rul
ing, only twin-engine planes could
be used for commercial passenger
transport (including medical trans
port). Air Life is the nation's first
flight program to take advantage of
this new opportunity to use such and
advanced aircraft.
The Pilatus, which has been used
successfully for years in Europe and
other parts of the world, flies nearly
50 faster than Air Life's previous
airplane. Its top speed is 310 miles
per hour. According to Air Life pro
gram director Vern Bartley, that
speed can make a real difference for
patients.
"When you are in a business where
every minute counts and delays can
cost lives," explains Bartley, "speed
is important. The Pilatus flies nearly
100 miles and hour faster than the
plane we have been using and with a
range of 1400 miles, can go twice as
far."
According to Bartley, the single
engine, single-pilot Pilatus offers the
dependability of twin-engine turbo
prop airplanes with single-engine
efficiency, safety and cost savings.
The plane features a pressurized cabin
enabling flights up to 30,000 feet
(above most poor weather condi
tions), instrument flight rating (IFR)
global positioning satellite (GPS)
capabilities, excellent short-field
abilities (meaning it can land and
take off safely even on very short
runways), and tremendous stability
in flight. The Pilatus also can carry
two patients, the pilot, three
caregivers and, on occasion, a family
member. "This all adds up to better
patient care," he says.
Tashna Hicks, (15) "What my
tribal culture means to me is to be
able to express yourself and doing
things with your tribal back ground.
I like participating in pow-wbws,
longhouse activities, root digging,
huckleberry picking and other tradi
tional things. I like being able to
learn about my Warm Springs
background as well as my Klamath
background."
Ron Belgard, "What my tribal
culture means to me is to have certain
respect for all of my people. It means
helping out in our longhouse during
ceremonies, helping our senior citi
zens by chopping wood and making
sure our people have plenty to eat or
a place to sleep. It means not fol
lowing in other traditions but your
own. It means being able to get along
with each other and not having to
pick sides. We need to take into
consideration that there is more in
front of us than what we are able see.
Our people need to come together as
one and not argue about petty little
things like money or who did what to
who. We need more gatherings like
our huckleberry feast we just had.
Everyone picks together and no one
worries who is going to eat the ber
ries. By doing this, it brings us back
together as one and helps us realize
w hat needs to be done."
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ducted an extensive, 1 8 month evalu
ation of the various planes available
for air medical transport and the
Pilatus was the clear choice. "The
Pilatus has a great worldwide track
record for safety, outstanding patient
care environmental and cost-effectiveness,"
he explains. "Our crew is
thrilled with the state-of-the art medi
cal cabin, the wide cargo doors and
the increased ability to load and treat
patients effectively."
The Pilatus' inaugural flight came
July 1, when two infants, aged one
day and one month, required trans
port for special care in Portland. With
a flight time of only 32 minutes, the
crew met the Portland ambulance
teams and jointly transported the in
fants to two different area hospitals
in record time.
Air Life will keep its Cessna 421
aircraft for backup purposes. Air Life
also operates a Bell 222-UT helicop
ter ambulance. The planes are based
at the Bend Airport. The helicopter is
based at St. Charles Medical Center
in Bend.
For more information about Air
Life, its aircraft or its Membership
Program, call the office at 541-385-6305
or 800-522-2828.
Bend hosts art
and craft fair
Bend, Oregon The Central Or
egon Saturday Market, Inc. in con
junction with the Bend Downtowners
Association is sponsoring a craft fair
Saturday, August 15, 1998. There
will be over 80 crafters, artisans and
food booths. And excellent opportu
nity to find unique gifts for those hard
to buy forpeople. It will be held in the
Mirror Pond Plaza, downtown Bend
from 10 am until 4 pm. Come and join
the fun!
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Manny Jim, "I was brought up to
respect people, so I have a lot of
respect for my people. I was brought
up to depend on our mother earth. I
was brought up picking berries,
digging roots, hunting and fishing to
help us survive when we had no
money. We shared everything and
were taught never to be greedy with
what we had. Sharing was rewarding.
The teachings I received, was to help
the needy. After doing so, it made me
feel good about myself. It also makes
me feel good when I see others
helping and not being told to. If you
see someone in need, help them the
best you can. That's just some of our
ways I was taught when I was growing
up. In order to survive, all cultures
from every tribe should stand together
and count as one. This is the way I
was taught. The old people used to
say, stand up and be counted. We
should not rely on money as much as
we do, because it's not going to be
there al I the time. We need to hang on
to our old traditional ways."
Gayleen Adams, "Our tribal
culture means alot to me. Without
our culture in my opinion, I would
feel like we're a lost identity or lost
people. We need our culture to thrive
daily and carry on our culture. I grew
up in a cultural home and tried to
carry on teachings that I received to
my children even though we live
very modren, it's important to have
culture, live culturally and live both
worlds to make it."
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