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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
June 25, 2014
Community approach to a longtime problem
Methamphetamine first
showed up in Warm Springs
in large quantities in the
1980s. Today, over three de-
cades later, the problem re-
mains a major source of
crime and pain on the reser-
vation.
Parole and Probation sees
this on a daily basis. “The
community has to make a
united stand against it,”
Leona Ike, director of Pa-
role and Probation, was say-
ing last week. “We’re at a
point now where we have to
decide whether we want to
take control of this or not.”
The opening of the new
school in the fall, she said,
can serve as inspiration for
a new approach to ridding
the reservation of meth. “It
will take everyone working
together, but it has to start
with the family.”
Tribal Court, police,
Children’s Protective Ser-
vices, Community Counsel-
ing, IHS and other programs
spend much of their re-
sources reacting to specific
cases as they come up. Pre-
vention is great for stopping
young people from ever us-
ing the drug. The programs
are helpful, Leona said, “But
success in ridding our com-
Dave McMechan/Spilyay
Flossie Wolfe (seated), Odessa Jones-Ander-
son and Leona Ike.
munity of drugs and violence
resides on the shoulders of
our tribal people and com-
munity.”
In the community-wide
approach, she said, the first
step is for the families to
take a stance of zero toler-
ance against the drug. If you
think a family member in
your household is using
meth, then tell someone: the
police, Community Counsel-
ing, or Parole and Probation.
“That is not a negative
thing,” Leona said. “What
you’re doing is helping and
protecting the person. Feel
free to contact us.”
Odessa Jones-Anderson is
the adult probation officer at
Parole and Probation, and
Tribal Council Summary
June 6, 2014
1. Roll Call: Chief Delvis
Heath, Chief Alfred Smith
Jr., Evaline Patt, Vice-Chair-
woman, Reuben Henry, Scott
Moses, Kahseuss Jackson,
Orvie Danzuka and Carlos
Smith.
2. Discussed the Motor
Sports Referendum Vote
July 1, 2014.
- Reviewed the 2014 Ref-
erendum Process.
- Reviewed the Election
and Counting Board Mem-
bers.
- Reviewed letter’s of in-
terest for the Election and
- Counting Board.
- Quick review of the
updated version of Ordi-
nance 44, Tribal Code, Chap-
ter 20 Elections.
- Motion by Orvie to
table for further discussion
regarding the Motor Sports
Referendum with continue
discussion June 23, 2014;
second by Reuben; question
called for Vote: Kahseuss/
Yes, Reuben/Yes, Delvis/
Yes, Alfred/Yes, Orvie/Yes;
5 Yes, 0 Vice-Chairwoman
not voting; 0 No, motion
passed.
4. Fish & Wildlife Com-
mittee Update:
- Motion by Carlos to rec-
ommend Fish & Wildlife
Committee approve a one
month 2014 Off Reserva-
tion Elk Hunting in our
Ceded lands; second by
Orvie; question called for;
Vote:
Carlos/Yes, Kahseuss/
Yes, Scott/Yes, Reuben/Yes,
Delvis/Yes, Alfred/Yes,
“No job too
big or too
small.”
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Orvie/Yes; 7 Yes, 0 Vice-
Chairwoman not voting,
0 No; motion passed.
out of the room (Alfred and
Orvie did not return in the
afternoon) motion carried.
5. Education Committee
Update.
7. Discussed and motion
made by Scott to approve a
General Council Meeting on
the Motor Sports Referen-
dum, June 30, 2014 at the
Wellness Community Center,
second by Reuben; Vote;
Kahseuss/Yes, Scott/Yes,
Reuben/Yes, Delvis/Yes; 4
Yes, 0 Vice-Chairwoman not
voting, 3 out of the room
(Carlos, Alfred and Orvie)
motion carried.
6. Mangum Ranch pre-
sented by Secretary-Trea-
surer. Motion by Scott to ap-
prove and adopt Resolution
No. 11,855A, Purchase
Mangum Ranch Property;
Vote: Carlos/Yes, Kahseuss/
Yes, Scott/Yes, Reuben/Yes,
Delvis/Yes; 5 Yes, 0 Vice
Chairwoman not voting, 2
Flossie Wolfe is community
service and program coordi-
nator. They estimate that
half of the cases they handle
are meth related.
They estimate that be-
tween 150 to 200 people in
the community are perma-
nently effected by meth,
meaning they will never be
the same as they were before
taking the drug.
Both of the murders that
happened on the reservation
in 2012 were meth related.
Two of those convicted
were sentenced to life, and
the third to 25 years.
There is an increase in fed-
eral felony prosecution of
meth possession, and domes-
tic violence cases from the
reservation, Odessa said.
Once a person is in federal
prison, she said, there is no
parole. A felony conviction
remains on the person’s
record, prohibiting that per-
son from carrying a firearm,
so there is no more hunting.
The eldest person who
ever tested positive for meth
on the reservation was 66
years old, Leona said. The
youngest was 10 (not includ-
ing infants who were born
with the drug in their system).
“
We can still be a
healthy and strong
community that
honors our
tribal history and
the hopes of our
past elders.”
A parent was using the drug
with the 10-year-old, she said.
The longest a person took
for meth detox in the jail was
18 days. The person later ad-
mitted to having swallowed a
balloon of meth, which
slowly seeped out. The per-
son was lucky because that is
often fatal.
In their jobs the Parole and
Probation staff often deal
with people as they are com-
ing off the drug. Symptoms
are agitation, paranoia, ex-
treme mood swings. The per-
son might make involuntary
body movements, and not be
able to concentrate, forget-
ting things that just happened
or were just said. “Some-
times they can’t regulate their
body temperature,” Odessa
said.
The social damage can be
severe. In the end, she said,
“This can tear down your
family.”
Tradition is the approach
that Parole and Probation
takes toward helping people
get off of meth. The ap-
proach is encouraging and
empowering to the afflicted
person.
“Our ser vice is based
on integrity, hope and com-
passion,” Leona was saying.
“We never lose hope for our
community and our people.”
The reservation may stricken
with unemployment and pov-
erty “but we can still be a
healthy and strong commu-
nity that honors our
tribal history and the hopes
of our past elders.”
She said that recommend-
ing jail time is the hardest part
of her job. “But our objec-
tive is to prevent more seri-
ous crimes, and to get the
defendant into recovery.”
You can reach Parole and
Probation at 541-553-3293.
The department offers free drug
testing for adults. A concerned
parent can bring a child in and
have the child tested.
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