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 MARCH 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 March 2010. A copy of the report is attached. 
Dated: April 15, 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 April 15, 2010 the foregoing Notice of Filing of March 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. Kingston 
ACTIVITY REPORT 
OFFICE OF TRUST RECORDS 

March 1-31,2010 

PROGRAMMATIC: 
• 
Indexing 

OTR staff completed indexing of697 boxes in March 2010. The total number of boxes completed through March 2010 is approximately 199,935. 

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Movement ofRecords 


The Bureau ofIndian Affairs (BIA) and Office ofthe Special Trustee (OST) 
moved 1,179 boxes ofinactive records from various field locations to Lenexa, 
Kansas, for indexing and subsequent storage at the American Indian Records 
Repository (AIRR) during this reporting period. 
• Boxes Requiring Remediation 
As reported in the previous report to the Court, the Acting Superintendent, BIA 
Rosebud Agency, informed OTR that eight ledger books and four cubic feet of 
records at the Agency have mold and require remediation. The Agency is 
initiating procurement ofremediation services. 
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Site Assessments Statement 

During the month ofMarch, the Office ofTrust Review and Audit (OTRA) 
performed four records management assessments, one each at the following 
locations: Truxton Canon Agency BIA office; Truxton Canon OST 11M field office; 
Uintah & Ouray Agency BIA office; and Uintah & Ouray OST 11M field office. 
OTRA issued two records management assessment reports, one each for the 
following locations: Eastern Navajo Agency BIA office; and Eastern Navajo Agency 
OST 11M field office. OTRA performed one investigative records review at and 
issued a report for the Office ofAppraisal Services, Western Region. 


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Records Training 


In March 2010, OTR provided records management training for 76 BIAlOST records contacts and 8 tribal employees. OTR did not provide training on vital records for this month. OTR provided electronic records management training for 291 BIAlOST employees and 7 tribal employees. 
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• Litigation Support and Research Requests 
OTR continued to provide significant support to the Office ofthe Solicitor, Office ofHistorical Trust Accounting and its contractors, and the Department ofJustice and its contractors. OTR continued to receive requests for information regarding litigation-related document requests. Many ofthese requests have very short deadlines. 
During March 2010, OTR AIRR staffprovided responses to 296 non-litigation research requests from BIA and OST. 
ADMINISTRATIVE: General administrative activities continued. 

GENERAL OBSERVATIONS: None. 
I declare under penalty ofperjury that the foregoing is true and correct to the best ofmy knowledge, information and belief. I express no opinion on the content ofthe Site Assessments Statement described abov . 
Director 
I declare under penalty ofperjury that the content ofthe Site Assessments Statement described above is true and correct to the best ofmy knowledge, information and belief. I express no opinion on the contents of other sections/subsections ofthe report. 
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