Henry "Hank" Lyle Adams FOIA request (Bureau of Indian Affairs)

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* Tracking Number: DOI-BIA-2021-003760
* Requester Name: Nicholas Estes
* Date Submitted: 04/25/2021
* Request Status: Submitted
* Description:
To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:

All documents and files, including letters, memos, emails and all communications pertaining to Native American rights activist Henry "Hank" Lyle Adams, an obituary of whom was published in Indian Country Today on December 31, 2020 with the title "Obituary: Henry 'Hank' Lyle Adams." A copy of this obituary is attached to this email as a PDF, and it may also be found at https://indiancountrytoday.com/obituaries/obituary-henry-hank-lyle-adams?redir=

I would also like to request a search of all available cross-index files for mentions of Henry "Hank" Lyle Adams in other documents, to be included with this request.

The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.

In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Nicholas Estes

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Dear Nicholas Estes:

The Bureau of Indian Affairs, Rocky Mountain Region FOIA office received your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, on April 26, 2021, and assigned it control number DOI-BIA-2021-003760. Please cite this number in any future communications with our office regarding your request.

In your request you seek:

"All documents and files, including letters, memos, emails and all communications pertaining to Native American rights activist Henry "Hank" Lyle Adams, an obituary of whom was published in Indian Country Today on December 31, 2020 with the title "Obituary: Henry 'Hank' Lyle Adams."

I would also like to request a search of all available cross-index files for mentions of Henry "Hank" Lyle Adams in other documents, to be included with this request."

We have classified you as an “other-use” requester. As such, we may charge you for some of our search and duplication costs, but we will not charge you for our review costs; you are also entitled to up to 2 hours of search time and 100 pages of photocopies (or an equivalent volume) for free. See 43 C.F.R. § 2.39. If, after taking into consideration your fee category entitlements, our processing costs are less than $50.00, we will not bill you because the cost of collection would be greater than the fee collected. See 43 C.F.R. § 2.37(g).

We use Multitrack Processing to process FOIA requests. The Simple track is for requests that would generally take one to five workdays to process. The Normal track is for requests that would generally take six to twenty workdays to process. The Complex track is for requests that would generally take twenty-one to sixty workdays to process. The Extraordinary track is for requests that would generally take more than sixty workdays to process. The Expedited track is for requests that have been granted expedited processing, which are processed as soon as practicable. Within each track, requests are usually processed on a first-in, first-out basis.
Your request falls into the Normal, processing tracks. There are two requests pending ahead of yours in this processing track.

On April 26, 2021, we also received an identical request which was assigned control number DOI-BIA-2120-003759, this one will be closed out as a duplicate.

If you have any questions about your request, you may contact:

Geraldine Riddle, Regional FOIA Coordinator
Phone: (406) 247-7860
Email: geraldine.riddle@bia.gov

Kayla Spang, Alternate Regional FOIA Coordinator
Phone: (406) 247-7935
Email: kayla.spang@bia.gov

Respectfully,

Geraldine Mikki Riddle

Management & Program Analyst
Regional FOIA Coordinator
DOI, BIA, Rocky Mountain Region
2024 4th Avenue North
Billings, Mt 59101
Phone: 406.247.7860
Fax: 406.247.7990

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Dear Mr. Nicolas Estes:

Attached is a letter which requests a clarification of the scope of your request. According to our regulations, if we do not receive your written response clarifying what records you are looking for within 20 workdays from the date of this communication, we will presume that you are no longer interested in pursuing your request.

You may contact me directly if you have any question about this email.

Regards,

Geraldine Mikki Riddle

Management & Program Analyst
Regional FOIA Coordinator
DOI, BIA, Rocky Mountain Region
2024 4th Avenue North
Billings, Mt 59101
Phone: 406.247.7860
Fax: 406.247.7990

This e-mail (including attachments) is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible for delivery of this e-mail to the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and destroy all copies.

DOI-BIA-2021-003760 has been processed with the following final disposition: Records Not Reasonably Described.