SpilyayTymoo
Warm Springs, Oregon
August 27, 1998 5
Benefits of
In 1998 a Federal law was nut in
place which allowed employers (o
conduct drug tests on their employ
ees. This was called the "Drug Free
Workplace Act". It was put into place
in stages and endured many legal
Challenges. The law has been upheld
to be constitutional and as a result we
have "drug testing" in most work
places in the United States. In Warm
Springs, the responsibility for random
and pre-employment drug testing is
with the personnel departments. The
human resource people from each
company is set up to handle all drug
testing except "Cause" testing. Cause
testing is handled by the employee
supervisor. The employee supervisor
assistance program docs not do drug
testing.
The purpose of drug testing in the
work place is to deal with the wide
spread use of both alcohol and illegal
and legal drugs at work. People who
arc using alcohol or drugs at work
put everyone at risk. Many people
are injured or killed each year by
another employee who is either in
toxicated, high, or hung over. In ad
dition to innocent people being hurt,
frequently these people injure
themselves, damage equipment or
do other things which costs the
company money. The use of drugs
and alcohol cost employers in the
United States billions of dollars each
year. Every dollar tat is lost to drug
alcohol use is not returnable to the
stock holders. In the case of Warm
Springs, that means the tribal mem
bers. All of that money could be used
for new jobs, homes or other benefits
A special thanks to powwow
The first annual powwow was a Our Youth and Seniors". The sum
success, thanks to the parents who mer youth staff worked hard this
brought theirchildren to supportand year. They are: Phillis Shawaway,
celebrate. The theme was to "Honor John Kalama, Mark Johnson, Justin
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Laura Sahme and Phillis Shawaway barbecue hotdogs and hamburgers.
Small Business Development
Center and ONABEN
present:
"You and Your Business Idea"
A series of classes designed to "discover" tribal and local
entrepreneurs and encourage the development of your
business idea beyond "just an idea."
Classes will be held Tuesday, September 15 and 22, from
5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
"Starting a Successful Business"
A ten-week series of classes designed to guide participants
through the business plan
materials and individual
participants to work through the
The end result is a comprehensive business plan that can be
taken to financial institutions
The classes will be held on Tuesdays from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30
p.m., beginning September 29
for 10 weeks: September 29; October 6, 13, 20, 27; November
3, 10, 17, 24; and December 1. Graduation will be held
December 4. "
Both classes will be held at the Tribe's Small Business
Development Center located at 2107 Wasco Street in Warm
Springs, OR.
To sign up call (541) 553-3592.
3rd Annual Native American
Youth Ministers Rally
Come join us as we celebrate this great year
of Jubilee (Lev. 25)
Place: Seattle Center in the Shaw Room
on the North side of the Key Arena
Time: 7 p.m. nightly
Date: September 18 & 19, 1998
Special Youth Minister:
Titus Upham & Family from the Blackfoot
Reservation in Browning, MT. An upcoming
minister ot the Word and also m music.
Come and be blessed
Hosts: Merle & Debbie Williams, Jr.; 11901
55th Ave. N.E. 14; Marysville, WA 98271;
(360) 659-1777
Merle & Rose Williams, Sr.; (360) 658-1215.
Sponsored by:
Hie Merle Williams Ministries, Inc.
drug testing
for tribal people.
There are three kinds of drug test
ing which is allowed by the Drug
Free Workplace law. The first is
"pre-employment testing". This is a
drug test on a person who has been
offered a job by one of the industries.
It tells the company that on the day
that the drug test is done, the em
ployee had not done drugs for a pe
riod of days. Most people who have
problems with alcohol or drugs are
able to abstain from drugs for a long
enough period of days. Most people
who have problems with alcohol or
drugs are able to abstain from drugs
for a long enough period of time to
get a job. Those who are not chemi
cally dependent can test at any time
without concern. Pre-employment
testing is done by most organizations
to "send a message" for drug users to
not apply for work at their company.
Since there are only five work orga
nizations at Warm Springs, that
message may not apply. It also is
beneficial in receiving financial
benefits on insurance programs the
company pays to into.
The second type of drug testing is
"Cause" testing. This is done for the
protection of the employees and the
company. If an employee comes to
work displaying signs of chemical
intoxication or other physical or
verbal symptoms such as aggres
siveness, the company can request a
drug test. This determines if the be
haviors are the result of drugs or
alcohol or of a medical condition.
Other instances where "Cause" test
ing is done, is when a vehicle accident
writing process. The course
counseling sessions allow
business planning process.
for loan consideration.
then every Tuesday thereafter
has occurred or and industrial acci
dent on the job. There are very clear
and specific procedures to be fol
lowed when "Cause" testing done
and the behaviors which lead to the
test must be clearly documented.
Cause drug testing is not a replace
ment for good supervision by the
employer as a "Shotgun" approach
to "catching" someone.
The third type of testing, called
"Random" testing is the most effec
tive method of actually resolving drug
and alcohol use on the job. "Random"
testing must be done regularly and
consistently over time to establish its
effectiveness. It also must be done
by a trustworthy person within and
organization. In case of Warm
Springs, this is done by the personnel
officer. Random tests are done by
drawing a number from a computer
program and as in all random tests,
some people may be chosen more
than others. This must be done
on-going. This establishes the
unpredictability of everyone in the
company knowing that they can be
called for a test on any day. Warm
Springs policy calls for those people
who test positive being referred to
the employee assistance program.
Some times departments do a drug
test of everyone in the department or
in the company. This is usually as a
response to some kind of negative
incident or behaviors of employees
and is and indication the supervision
skills need to be addressed. If that is
done without continuing the regular
"random" testing, the employees then
volunteers
Miller, Ambruce George, Foster
Sahme, Kye Wells, Reina Estimo,
Anthony Mitchell, Lee Hellon, CeCe
Polk, Camille Clements, James
Wolfe, Kevin Smith, Betty Spino,
and Gerald Tias.
We would like to thank the drums:
Quartz Creek (Queahpama Family),
eagle child (Carlos Calica). Cook
and helpers: Carol Alison, Phyllis
Shawaway, Lovey Colwash, Lillie
Vanpelt, Mavis Kirk, Mary Stewert,
Marena Wolfe, Andy Lea.iard,
Conrad Queahpama, Chris Greene,
the Utilities Department, Healthy
Nations, Spilyay Tymoo, and thank
you to Leona Ike and a very special
thanks to Eightball Jim for volun
teering to M.C.
Sincerely,
Austin Greene, Recreation Di
rector; Laura Sahme, Summer Rec
reation DirectorYouth Activities
Coordinator; Lovie Ike, Fitness Co
ordinator. Important notice
Allergies?
Asthma? Looking
for 17 people to
evaluate a new
technology. No
obligation. Call
CR at 553-1034.
ITC to be held at
Kahneeta in 1999
The Confederated Tribes of Warm
Springs will be hosting the 1999 Inter-Tribal
Council (ITC) at Kah-Nee-Ta
April 12-16, 1999. What is ITC
all about? Approximately 72 differ
ent tribes are paid members of ITC
and represent many areas throughout
the United Sates. Ranging from
Alaska, New York, Florida and Cali
fornia. Tribal leaders, Natural Resource
managers and Natural Resource staff
members focus on what is good for
water, land and air plus everything in
between.
Discussion will revolve around
what is the easy way and the hard
way to get to the job(s) done to the
satisfaction of the land owner.
The above paragraph is just a very
brief portion on what ITC talks about.
The planning committee is re
questing from the tribal members,
the following:
1) Theme for symposium-the
theme should be 10-15 words or less.
2) A logo will be for the registra
tion packet and the final proceeding
book-the logo will need to be in black
and white, not more than 9 inches by
7 inches. Showing different natural
resources images as you visualize
them.
If you have any questions or com
ments, please feel free to call Theron
Johnson at 553-2416 or Minnie
Yahtin at 553-3257.
begin to gamble on the fact that the
organization will not spend the
money for another big test for a long
period of time. People become aware
very quickly of exactly how a com
pany does their drug testing and ad
just their behavior accordingly. This
destroys the purpose of drug testing.
Since drug testing has only been
legal in worksites for then years,
many people do not trust the accuracy
of testing. Tests for Warm Springs
are done by a laboratory that has
been certified by the Federal govern
ment and their standards are ex
tremely high. The technology is very
sophisticated and extremely accurate.
The specimen follows what is a
"chain of custody" and if that is in
terfered with anywhere along the
way, the person is asked to re-test
and the first test is invalid. Many
people believe that they are able to
"beat" the test by purchasing some
one else's urine. This does not work
although many people have made
money by selling their urine. The
dug testing laboratories have many
examples of the latest ways that
people are using to attempt to beat
the test, either by putting something
into the urine or by ingesting some
thing. The only way thus far that has
been found to do this is by having
kidney dialysis prior to the test. Drug
testing is a process which needs to
used very carefully and sparingly.
When it is overused, it's effective
ness is destroyed and it only becomes
a major expense for the company
without solving any of the problems.
Vlcki Decker
Jesus is coming,
everyone
look busy.
"In memory prayer" sent by
To the editor,
To all of my relatives. My name is
Jessie. I am a proud member of Warm
Springs. I've been in the state's hour
glass for some time now and I am up
for release this month. I am happy
that my biggest trial is over, but sad
that my cousin was killed Monday
morning, July 20th. We made so
many plans, that would have shaped
our lives differently. So in remem
brance of "Bear" A.K.A. Damean A.
Frank. I need to share this prayer
with all of my relations. It was passed
down to me from his heart.
Words can't express what he was
and is today. This brother was gifted
in all kinds of ways. He was spiri
tual, he used his medicines to cleanse,
heal, and send prayers to Grandfa
ther, for all, the old, the sick and the
weak.
This prayer called "A Native
Prayer" Damean read for guidance,
strength & wisdom for himself.
Changes overdue-it's time
To the editor,
Changes overdue-It's time for the
people to make them.
I've heard a lot, after the Luther
Danzuka death. The past 18 years
employed in the law field, I've heard
many legitimate complaints against
Warm Springs Public Safety. Which
in most cases were nevet dealt with
by Tribal Council or Management.
It' s sad how our enterprise works.
Someone has to be injured, killed or
die before concerns are considered
important to deal with, then you hear
comments by councilmen stating that
the spouse of Luther had put a bad
name on the Tribe. And putting down
our legal system with her legitimate
complaint. "How can you put down
the Warm Springs legal system, when
it's gone from bad to worse these
past 9 years?!"
I know, I've worked there. A
good man died and all can be done is
excuses given. Reasons for manag
ers and some councilmen to cover up
the incident. "If it was one of their
family members or friends, people
would be made an example of, jailed,
terminated or given Administrative
Leave Without Pay, no questions
asked!" Not today-people in the le
gal system are given Administrative
Leave WITH PAY with Tribal
money. Which isn't right or fair to
those who have to be at work every
day to get paid.
For the past 4 council terms, I've
fought against monopolization of
management. They mess up in one
department, then transferred, pro
moted to another department, at times
with raises. This goes in all depart
ments. In the legal system they pro
mote people for their wrongs, seeing
it on a Suicide incident, didn't say
much for the family who lost their
loved one. Some people don't met
job description requirements for their
jobs, but are hired and allowed to
work! Supervisors and other staff
cover for them, like Aiding and Abet
ting! So how can it be said. The Warm
Springs' Legal System is being de
graded. All the Luther Danzuka' s
death did, was open the community's
Small Business Development
Center and ONABEN
present:
"You and Your Business Idea"
A series of classes designed to "discover" tribal and local
entrepreneurs and encourage the development of your
business Idea beyond "just
Classes will be held Tuesday, September 15 and 22, from
5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
"Starting a Successful Business"
A ten-week series of classes
through the business plan
materials and Individual
participants to work through
The end result Is a comprehensive business plan that can be
taken to financial Institutions for loan consideration.
The classes will be held on Tuesdays from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30
p.m. , beginning September 29
for 10 weeks: September 29; October 6, 13, 20, 27; November
3, 10, 17, 24; and December 1. Graduation will be held
December 4.
Both classes will be held at the Tribe's Small Business
Development Center located at 2107 Wasco Street In Warm
Springs, OR.
To sign up call (541) 553-3592.
Back to School Special
August & September
Students only, 10 off regular price
Hair cut and perms only!
Gift certificates also available
at Marcia's Hair Salon on the Rez
John Mitchell-hairstylist
Marcia Simtustus-owneroperater
Give us a call, set an appointment
walk-ins welcome too 553-2521.
It takes strong medicine to ask for
medicine. Damean went thru four
hot rounds each and every week suf
fered the intense heat of the
sweatlodge for every living thing on
Mother Earth.
He is known as a Warrior to all of
us brothers who knew him behind
the walls, the steel doors, and iron
bars. Every brother in the Iron Circle,
say a prayer for this Warrior named
Bear and say a prayer that his spirit
makes it to the spirit world safely.
And say a prayer for that young
ster, age 17, who took Damean's last
breath of life in the flesh. Looking
into his future, and having the expe
rience, I can honestly say, he will
need strong medicine and strength to
continue his journey.
In behalf of "Bear"-Damean A.
Frank, I present this prayer to all his
& our relatives.
"A Native Prayer"
Oh, Great Spirit, whose voice I
eyes. The way our people civil rights
are being violated, just shows how
public safety employees are allowed
to do so. Without anything done by
the supervisors, from the General
Manager of Public Safety on down.
Because they're usually assisting in
the violations on others and are never
held accountable for their actions.
Policy and Procedures, the tribal
code are written in black and white.
But the General Manager in Public
Safety, Chief, Captain, Lt. of Cor
rections, Patrol, Investigators, Head
of Probation and Judges feel they
don't pertain to them. We're all ig
norant in life on different subjects.
But because of the ignorance by
majority of the community on their
civil rights, the tribal code, "The
Chief Prosecutor" allows officers to
violate people's rights on daily ba
sis. Taking some cases to court that
should be thrown out!
I'd like to see Mr. Jerry Kendricks
get rehired back. We always lose
good employees from some reason
or another. "He not only considered
the people's rights but if he found
something done wrong on a case, he
would bring it to Police supervisors
attention and in most cases, dismissed
the case ordidn'tconsider it for court
hearing. Also he took time to hold
classes on the Tribal Code, who were
interested. I know for I seen it done
when I was employed as Court Bai
liff for 5 12 years.
How much longer will council
and our management sit back, cover
up incidents, violations, and not hold
the people accountable for their ac
tions in the legal system?
The people do have a right to a
recall for Tribal Council elections.
Maybe it's time we start exercising
our rights. Start putting someone
there who'll start hearing the people's
concerns. "The system is good, it
was made bv the people, for the
people." Even if we adopted the state
codes, "Its when vou leave people in
positions that violate others rights,
and don't abide by policy and proce
dures, the tribal code. They make
the system bad." That's why our
doors are open to legal law suits.
an Idea."
designed to guide participants
writing process. The course
counseling sessions allow
the business planning process.
then every Tuesday thereafter
brother
hear in the winds, and whose breath
gives life to all the world-HEAR
ME-I come before you, one of your
children. I am small and weak. I need
your strength and wisdom. Let me
walk in beauty and make my eyes
ever behold the red and purple sun
set. Make my hands respect the things
you have made, my ears sharp to hear
your voice. Make me wise, so that I
may know the things you have taught
my people, the lesson you have hid
den in every leaf and rock. I seek
strength not to be superior to my
brothers & sisters, but to be able to
fight my greatest enemy, Myself.
Make me ever ready to come to you,
with clean hands and straight eyes,
so when life fades as a fading sunset,
my spirit may come to you without
shame.
Prayer by Yellow Hawk-Sioux
Chief
Sincerely,
Jessie Jones A.K.A.
No-Name
to make them
majority of the community are not
aware ot.
If Warm Springs Public Safety
ran their department like this on the
outside, there would be no depart
ment, suits galore. The only reason I
am not there anymore is politics. An
individual brown-nosed for my job
and got it. There was a mess upon a
suicide incident and the individual
and others got promoted for it. I filed
a grievance and won it. but I did not
win anything for in fine print it staled
by supervisor ( now transferred-), "that
if you should win this grievance, to
find a job elsewhere within 30 days."
So its been continuance violations
for sometime. Grievances, all it docs
it guarantees supervisors, managers
their jobs with assistance of family
or friends on the council. I've sub
mitted a letter to our tribal council
and to the spouse of Luther Danzuka
to assist on her legitimate complaint
against the Warm Springs legal sys
tem. I feel enough is enough. For I
don't even remember anyone being
immune to the tribal code or policy
and procedures. What do we have
them for? Everyone else has to abide
by them and held accountable. 52
whv not these people?
"The legal system needs to be
rebuilt by tearing it down, starting
over." Only other suggestion is, if
you've got an incident, to turn it over
to Luther's spouse, to have some
thing done, by showing what has .
happened in your dealing with sys
tem. It's time to have people there.
Who can do the job, take the
community's rights into consider
ation and have the ability to work
and communicate with others. Not
make their own rules, "my way or the
highway attitude."
A Leader: is the servant of his
followers, the people. He removes
the obstacle that prevents them from
doing their jobs. "Thanks" and God
bless a past term and one of today's
councilman, for taking concern on
my legitimate complaint against the
legal system, in which I had felt and
dealt with for 13 months on an allc-
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