IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

ELOUISE PEPION COBELL, et al.,  )  
)  
Plaintiffs,  )  
)  
v.  )  Case No. 1:96cv01285(JR)  
)  
KEN SALAZAR, Secretary of the Interior,  )  
et al.,  )  
)  
Defendants.  )  

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NOTICE OF FILING OF AUGUST 2009 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 August 2009. A copy of the report is attached hereto. 
Dated: September 15, 2009 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 September 15, 2009 the foregoing Notice of Filing of August 2009 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
 

August 1-31, 2009 

PROGRAMMATIC: 
• 
Indexing 

OTR staff completed indexing of 82 boxes in August 2009. The total number of boxes completed through August 2009 is approximately 193,500. 

• 
Movement of Records 


The Bureau ofIndian Affairs (BIA) and Office of the Special Trustee (OST) 
moved 1,383 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 
Beginning with this reporting period, when OTRA performs a records assessment for a location that was previously assessed, OTRA reviews all aspects of records management, not just issues identified in a previous report. 
During the month of August, OTRA performed seven records assessments, one each at the following locations: Fort Berthold Agency BIA office; Fort Berthold Agency OST 11M field office; NBC, Office of Appraisal Services, Southern Plains Region; NBC, Office of Appraisal Services, Eastern Oklahoma Region; Cherokee Agency OST 11M field office; Chickasaw Agency OST 11M field office; and NBC, Office of Appraisal Services, Great Plains Region. OTRA issued three records assessment reports, one each at the following locations: Puget Sound Agency BIA office; Chickasaw Agency OST 11M field office; and Cherokee Agency OST 11M field office. 
• Records Training 
In August 2009, OTR provided records management training for 80 BIA records 
contacts and 19 Tribal employees. OTR provided training on vital records for 21 
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 
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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 August 2009, OTR AIRR staff provided responses to 111 non-litigation research requests from BIA, OST and other requesters. 
ADMINISTRATIVE: General administrative activities continued. 

GENERAL OBSERVATIONS: None. 
I declare under penalty ofperjury 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. ~ 
Ethel 1. Abei1 
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. 
, Office of Trust Review and Audit 
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