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Spilyay Tymoo, Warm Springs, Oregon
Tribal gathering for drug prevention
Dave McMechan photos/Spilyay
The many participants at the two-day conference at Kah-Nee-Ta, during traditional opening.
T he Confederated Tribes
and Health and Human Ser-
vices this week hosted the
first Oregon Tribal Summit
on Opioids and Other
Drugs.
Present were health and
human service workers from
the Oregon tribes, and tribal
organizations.
War m Springs Tribal
Council members, commit-
tees, departments and enter-
prises were well repre-
sented.
State officials, including
top officials with the Oregon
Department of Human Ser-
vices, were on hand. A key-
note speaker was Don
Coyhis, founder of White
Bison and Wellbriety.
Medical workers, and
law enforcement officials
made presentations.
The focus of the two-
day gathering was the devel-
opment of strategies to ad-
dress drug and alcohol abuse
problems among tribal com-
munities.
Workshops during the
second half of the confer-
ence focused on all aspects
of the drug problem in In-
dian Country: from the
sources of the drugs, pre-
vention and healthy living
programs, treatment op-
tions, cultural aspects, life
June 6, 2018
Longhouse, updates
at Tribal Council
The Agency Long-
house needs a new fire
suppression system, and
new lights and windows.
Management and Fi-
nance are working on
how to fund the work,
said Alyssa Macy, chief
operations officer.
The building has been
rehabilitated, with the re-
moval of asbestos and
lead paint, and decon-
tamination of meth resi-
due, reported last week
at Tribal Council.
There are other
buildings on the reser-
vation that remain
closed due to meth con-
tamination. These in-
clude numerous Hous-
ing Authority units, and
the Elmer Quinn Park
restrooms, for instance.
The Simnasho and
HeHe longhouses also
need to be tested, Tribal
Councilman Raymond
Tsumpti said. Some
other items from the
chief operations officer
update last week:
Transitional housing
Food handler’s classes in W.S.
There is a food han-
dlers’ classes scheduled
for this month.
The first one is this
Thursday, June 7 from 2-
4 p.m. More classes are
scheduled for June 11
from 10 a.m. to noon;
June 14 at 2 p.m.; and
June 18 at 10 a.m.
All classes are held in
the atrium at the Health
and Wellness Center.
A certified food
handler’s card is required
of every commercial food
worker who is involved in
public food handling and
preparation. For more in-
formation on the Warm
Springs classes, call 541-
553-4943.
Paddlers practice as Journey approaches
N’Chi Wana Pum Ca-
noe pull practice will be this
Saturday, June 9 starting at
9 a.m. from Pelton Park Ma-
rina. Paddle will be to Indian
Park.
Correction
Regarding a recent ar-
ticle in the Spilyay Tymoo,
we make the following
correction:
The 2018 Power Paddle to
Puyallup begins July 19. All
current members and all new
comers are encouraged to at-
tend meetings and practices
to learn more.
Tommy Boileau Keo,
son of Levi and
Chrystal Keo, died April
20, 1985.
The Spilyay apologizes
for the error.
Home for sale in Tenino Valley
Viewing appointments are being taken for a rural
home for sale by the owner in Tenino Valley. The
1,750-square foot home has three bedrooms and
two bathrooms on the main level, a basement apart-
ment, plus a two-car garage, barn and storage build-
ing. You can call 541-325-3452 between 8 a.m. and
7 p.m. for more information.
Tribal Council Chairman Austin Greene at the podium,
as the Color Guard posts the Colors, at the opening of
the tribal Opioid and Other Drug prevention conference.
The tribes and Health
and Human Ser vices
have remodeled the Vern
Jackson Home, and the
building is now used for
transitional housing for
families working with the
Children’s Protective Ser-
vices.
This is a unique
home, the only one as-
sociated with a Children’s
Protective Services de-
partment, Ms. Macy said.
Downtown project
Tribal management
and Utilities are planning
three more meetings on
the War m Springs
Downtown project.
The tribes have
hosted two meetings so
far. The next three meet-
ings will be at Simnasho,
Seekseequa and in
Warm Springs.
Ball fields, memo-
rial park
The new ball fields
and Warm Springs Vet-
erans Memorial Park
have drawn the interest
of the National Guard
in Idaho.
The National Guard
offers services to com-
munities, as a mutually
beneficial training exer-
cise.
The Guard is inter-
ested in helping with the
construction of the new
ball fields and the Veter-
ans Memorial Park, said
Bruce Irwin, Commu-
nity Development direc-
tor.
Both
of
these
projects have secured
funding. The work on
both could be done in the
summer of 2019, Mr.
Irwin said.
Man killed in motorcycle accident on reservation
A motorcyclist died on
Saturday after crashing into
a bear on the reservation.
Rhett Larson, 39, worked
as a fire fighter in Bend.
Tip Line
The Warm Springs
Police Department has
an anonymous tip line.
The service helps
investigators gather in-
formation from indi-
viduals who want to re-
main anonymous, but
who want assist in pro-
viding information re-
garding any criminal
activity.
If anyone has any
information about any
criminal activity, please
call the anonymous tip
Line: 541-553-2202.
Mr. Larson was killed
when he hit the bear and fell
off his motorcycle, accord-
ing to police. He was then
stuck by an oncoming vehicle
on Highway 26.
The driver of the oncom-
ing vehicle was then air lifted
to the hospital.
Mr. Larson was on his way
to Bend from Portland. He
had been a fire fighter in
Bend for 16 years. He is
remembered as a great fire
fighter, father and friend.
13-year sentence for shooting incident
Rhyan Leigh Smith
was sentenced last week
to 13 years in prison for
a 2016 shooting incident.
Smith, 26, had pleaded
guilty to assault with in-
tent to commit murder,
and using a firearm in fur-
therance of a crime of
violence.
In March of 2016,
Smith was living with
family members. Ac-
cording to the prosecu-
tion:
On March 16 of that
Rhyan Leigh Smith
year, at about 8 a.m., Smith
returned to the house, and
shot a family member five
times with a pistol. An-
other family member
heard the shots, tried to
stop Smith, but also was
shot. According to court
records:
Warm Springs Police
and the FBI responded to
the house, finding Smith
hiding in sagebrush near
the house with a rifle.
The suspect was then
arrested. Her sentencing
was at the federal court-
house last week in Port-
land.