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 JANUARY 2008 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 January 2008. A copy of the report is attached hereto. 
Dated: February 15, 2008 	Respectfully submitted, JEFFREY S. BUCHOLTZ Acting 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 February 15, 2008 the foregoing Notice of Filing of January 2008 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 

ACTIVITY REPORT 
OFFICE OF TRUST RECORDS 
January 1-31, 2008 

PROGRAMMATIC: 

Labat-Anderson (Labat Indexing Project) 
Labat reported that indexing of 1 ~732 boxes of inactive Indian records was 
completed in January 2008. The total number of boxes completed through 
January 2008 is approximately 167,560. 

Movement of Records 
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and Office of the Special Trustee (OST) 
moved 3,294 boxes of inactive records from various field locations to Lenexa, Kansas, for indexing and subsequent storage at the American Indian Records Repository (AIRR) during this reporting period. 
Site Assessments Statement 

During the monthof January, OTRA performed 4 records assessments at the following locations: Fort Defiance Agency (Follow-up) BIA office; Southern Pueblos Agency (Fol!ow-up) BIA office; OST, Office of Appraisal Services, Southern Plains Region; and OST, Office of Appraisal Services, Eastern Oklahoma Region. OTRA issued one records assessment report for the following location: OST, Office of Appraisal Services, Pacific Region. 
Records Training 

In January 2008, OTR provided records management training for 36 BIA/OST records contacts and 30 Tribal employees. OTR provided trainir~,g on vital records for 66 BIA/OST and Tribal employees. 
Equipment 

151 pieces of fireproof filing equipment were delivered to BIA and Tribal offices 
in January 2008. 

.® 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 Department of Justice and its contractors and tribal attorneys on behalf of various Tribes. AIRR staff provided responses to 131 research requests from BIA, OST and other requesters. 
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With the filing of numerous tribal trust litigation cases, litigation-related information and document requests pertaining to records at the AIRR 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. 
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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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Theis Acting Director, Office of Trust Review and Audit 
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