Our Right to Privacy

Many of my readers are probably already aware that I, along with another Cherokee Nation citizen, Cheryl Brown, have filed a complaint with the Cherokee Nation Attorney General's office concerning a breach of confidential information and violation of the federal Privacy Act protecting that information. 

While Chief Baker's supporters are trying to spin the complaint into a political issue, it isn't. This complaint is about protecting the privacy of ALL Cherokee citizens. If an unauthorized release of information happens to one of us, it could happen to ANY of us. No matter where you fall in the political spectrum during this election cycle, I think we would all agree that our people are justified in expecting that our right to privacy is protected.

Ms. Brown and I have a history of speaking out when we see wrong doing. 

Cheryl Brown, left; me, in the center; speaking at the Oklahoma City press conference about Chief Baker's participation in the Inhofe pigeon shoot.

The complaint we filed is not about a candidate for council, but instead about a person in a position of trust violating that trust. 

Currently, this complaint only focuses on the contractor who is in question of violating the trust of the Cherokee people. Should this complaint, which has five strong pieces of documentation supporting it, be swept under the rug, it will then not only reflect on the current chief, Chief Baker, who gave this person access to confidential records by giving him a job, but it will also be a reflection on our Cherokee Nation Attorney General, bringing into question whether Cherokee citizens are able to get justice through that office.

Those are my thoughts for today.
Thanks for reading.





Note - This is a suspected violation of the federal privacy act, therefore anyone can report it. Because this is a suspected violation of the privacy act, the agency involved, the Cherokee Nation Registration Department and/or Cherokee Nation, must follow certain procedures in reporting the suspected violation.

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Cherokee Nation Citizen Requests Investigation into Violation of Cherokee Nation Free Independent Press Act

Cherokee Nation citizen, Cheryl Brown, has submitted a letter to Cherokee Nation Attorney General, Todd Hembree, requesting an investigation into Cherokee Phoenix Editorial Board member, Kendra McGeady, and her recent participation in Chief Baker's campaign.
Brown states McGeady's participation occurred during Chief Bill John Baker's "Campaign Kickoff", where McGeady, also known as Kendra Sue Montana, "was in attendance, actively participating, and reportedly actively campaigning for Chief Baker among others." 

Brown also states that she believes McGeady has violated the Cherokee Nation Free Independent Press Act (LA-16-09), Section 6, E., which says:

“* * * no member of the board shall, directly or indirectly, solicit, receive or in any manner be concerned in soliciting or receiving any assessment, subscription or contribution for any political organization, candidacy or other political purpose. The Board Members shall not participate in any political campaign or be involved in any tribal political activity, except to exercise his or her right as a citizen to express his or her individual opinion and cast his or her right to vote.”

A visit to Kendra McGeady's (Kendra Sue Montana) Facebook page confirmed Brown has a reason to believe McGeady was actively involved in Baker's campaign.

At 8:21pm on January 6, 2015, Victoria Mitchell Vazquez tagged McGeady in a photo, while adding the comment, "At Baker Campaign kick off!" 

The red arrow points to McGeady.

I agree with Brown and believe an investigation should be launched concerning Kendra McGeady's participation in this event. Our press should remain FREE of political influence. If it isn't, it becomes nothing more than a propaganda tool used to influence the Cherokee people.  

Brown's letter to AG Hembree:

Those are my thoughts for today.
Thanks for reading. 

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