IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
ELOUISE PEPION COBELL, et al., )
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Plaintiffs, )
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v. ) Case No. 1:96cv01285(JR)
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DIRK KEMPTHORNE, Secretary of the Interior, )
et al., )
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Defendants. )
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NOTICE OF FILING OF OCTOBER 2007 STATUS REPORT BY
THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR OFFICE OF TRUST RECORDS
The Department of the Interior Office of Trust Records hereby submits its status report
for activity in October 2007. A copy of the report is attached hereto.
Dated: October 15, 2007 Respectfully submitted,
PETER D. KEISLER
Assistant Attorney General
MICHAEL F. HERTZ
Deputy Assistant Attorney General
J. CHRISTOPHER KOHN
Director
/s/ Robert E. Kirschman, Jr.
ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, Jr.
(D.C. Bar No. 406635)
Deputy Director
Commercial Litigation Branch
Civil Division
P.O. Box 875
Ben Franklin Station
Washington, D.C. 20044-0875
Phone (202) 616-0328
Fax (202) 514-9163
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that, on November 15, 2007 the foregoing Notice of Filing of October
2007 Status Report by the Department of the Interior Office of Trust Records was served by
Electronic Case Filing, and on the following who is not registered for Electronic Case Filing, by
facsimile:
Earl Old Person (Pro se)
Blackfeet Tribe
P.O. Box 850
Browning, MT 59417
Fax (406) 338-7530
/s/ Kevin P. Kingston
Kevin P. Kingston
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ACTIVITY REPORT
OFb-~CE OF TRUST RECORDS
October 1-31, 2007
PRO GRAM2VLA.TIC:
Labat-Andemon (Labat Indexing Project)
Labat reported that indexing of 1,366 boxes of inactive Indian records was
completed in October 2007. The total mtmber of boxes completed through
October 2007 is approximately 163,685.
Movement of Records
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (B!A) and Office of the Special Trustee (OST)
moved 3,588 boxes of inactive records from various field locations to Lenexa,
Kansas, for indexing and subsequent storage at the American ~dian Records
Repository (AIRR) during this reporting period.
Site Assessments Statement
During the month of October, OTRA performed 5 records assessments, one at
each of the following locations: Standing Rock Agency B!A office, Standing
Rock IIM Office, Great Plains Region BIA office, Great Plains Region OST IIM
office, and Rapid City OST IIM Field Office. OTRA issued 3 records assessment
reports, one for each of the following locations: Western Navajo Agency B!A
office, Cherokee Agency B!A office, and Standing Rock OST IIM office.
Records Training
In October 2007, OTR provided records management training for 72 BIAJOST
records contacts and Tribal employees. OTR provided training on vital records
for 32 BIA, OST and Tribal employees.
Equipmem
55 pieces of fireproof filing equipment were delivered to BIAJOST and Tribal
offices in October 2007.
Litigation Support and Research Requests
OTR continued to provide significant support to the Office of the Solicitor, Office
of Historical Trust Accounting and its contractors, the Deparement of Justice and
its contractors and tribal attorneys on behalf of various Tribes. AIRR staff
provided responses to 234 research requests from BIA, OST and other requesters.
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With the recent fil~g of numerous tribal trust litigation cases, litigation-related
information and document requests pertaining to records at the AIR_R. continue to
increase. Many of these requests have very short deadlines..
ADMINISTRATIVE: General administrative activities continued.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS: None.
I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my
knowledge, information and belief. I express no opinion on the content of the Site
Assessments Statement described above.
I declare under penalty of perjury that the content of the Site Assessments Statement
described above is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief.
I express no opinion on the contents of other sections/subsections of the report.
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Director, Office of Trust Review and Audit
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