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)  
)  
KEN SALAZAR, Secretary of the Interior,  )  
et al.,  )  
)  
Defendants.  )  

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NOTICE OF FILING OF OCTOBER 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 October 2009. A copy of the report is attached. 
Dated: November 16, 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 November 16, 2009 the foregoing Notice of Filing of October 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 

October 1-31, 2009 

PROGRAMMATIC: 
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Indexing 

OTR staff completed indexing of 1,161 boxes in October 2009. The total number ofboxes completed through October 2009 is approximately 195,745. 

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Movement of Records 


The Bureau ofIndian Affairs (BIA) and Office ofthe Special Trustee (OST) 
moved 1,864 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. 
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Site Assessments Statement 

During the month of October, OTRA performed ten records assessments, one each at the following locations: Olympic Peninsula Agency BIA office; Olympic Peninsula Agency OST IIM field office; Seattle Agency OST IIM field office; Northern Cheyenne Agency BIA office; Northern Cheyenne Agency OST IIM field office; Crow Agency BIA office; Crow Agency OST IIM field office; Rocky Mountain Region BIA office; Rocky Mountain Region OST IIM field office; and NBC, Office of Appraisal Services, Rocky Mountain Region. OTRA did not issue any new reports during this time. 

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Records Training 


In October 2009, OTR provided records management training for 17 BIAlOST 
records contacts and 30 tribal employees. OTR did not provide training on vital 
records this month. 

• Litigation Support and Research Requests 
OTR continued to provide significant support to the Office ofthe Solicitor, Office ofHistorical Trust Accounting and its contractors, the Department ofJustice and its contractors, and tribal attorneys and their contractors. OTR continued to receive requests for information regarding litigation-related document requests. Many ofthese requests have very short deadlines. 
During October 2009, OTR AIRR staff provided responses to 320 non-litigation research requests from BIA and OST. 
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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 above. 
Ethel J. Abeita 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 ofother sections/subsections ofthe report. 
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