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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KEN SALAZAR, Secretary of the Interior, )
et al., )
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Defendants. )
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NOTICE OF FILING OF JANUARY 2010 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 2010. A copy of the report is attached.
Dated: February 18, 2010 Respectfully submitted,
TONY WEST
Assistant Attorney General
MICHAEL F. HERTZ
Deputy Assistant Attorney General
J. CHRISTOPHER KOHN
Director
/s/ Robert E. Kirschman, Jr.
ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR.
Deputy Director
(D.C. Bar No. 406635)
JOHN R. KRESSE
Trial Attorney
Commercial Litigation Branch
Civil Division
P.O. Box 875, Ben Franklin Station
Washington, D.C. 20044-0875
Telephone: (202) 616-0328

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that, on February 18, 2010 the foregoing Notice of Filing of January
2010 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.

ACTIVITY REPORT
OFFICE OF TRUST RECORDS
January 1-31,2010
PROGRAMMA TIC:
• Indexing
OTR staff completed indexing of 885 boxes in January 2010. The total number of
boxes completed through January 2010 is approximately 198,515.
• Movement of Records
The Bureau ofIndian Affairs (BIA) and Office of the Special Trustee (OST)
moved 264 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 month of January, OTRA performed three records management
assessments, one each at the following locations: Northwest Region BIA office; OST
Office of Appraisal Services, Northwest Region; and Northwest Region OST IIM
Field office. OTRA issued one records management assessment report for the
following location: Rocky Mountain Region BIA office.
• Records Training
In January 2010, OTR provided records management training for 36 BIAlOST
records contacts. OTR provided training on vital records for 20 BIA employees.
• 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 and their contractors. OTR continued to
receive requests for information regarding litigation-related document requests.
Many of these requests have very short deadlines.
During January 2010, OTR AIRR staff provided responses to 220 non-litigation
research requests from BIA and OST.
ADMINISTRATIVE: General administrative activities continued.
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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. ~ l
Ethel J. Alta
Director
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 sectio~s/subsections of the report.
y Morrin
ctor, Office of Trust Review and Audit
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