IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

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

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NOTICE OF FILING OF OCTOBER 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 October 2008. A copy of the report is attached hereto. 
Dated: November 19, 2008 Respectfully submitted, 
GREGORY G. KATSAS Assistant Attorney General MICHAEL F. HERTZ Deputy Assistant Attorney General 
J. CHRISTOPHER KOHN Director
 /s/ John R. Kresse 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 19, 2008 the foregoing Notice of Filing of October 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 

October 1 - 31, 2008 

PROGRAMMATIC: 
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Labat-Anderson (Labat Indexing Project) 

Labat reported that indexing of 1,453 boxes of inactive Indian records was completed in October 2008.  The total number of boxes completed through October 2008 is approximately 183,345.   

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Movement of Records 

The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and Office of the Special Trustee (OST) moved 436 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. 

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Site Assessments Statement 

During the month of October, OTRA performed 2 records management assessments, one each at the following locations:  National Interagency Fire Center and Chickasaw OST IIM field office.  OTRA also performed 3 follow-up records assessments, one each at the following locations:  Chickasaw Agency BIA office, Fort Hall Agency BIA office, and Fort Hall OST IIM field office.  OTRA issued 6 records management assessment follow-up reports, one each at the following locations: Ramah Navajo Agency BIA office, Laguna Agency BIA office, Osage Agency BIA office, Okmulgee Agency BIA office, Miami Agency BIA office, and Osage Agency OST IIM field office.   

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Records Training 

In October 2008, OTR provided records management training for 69 BIA/OST records contacts and 18 tribal employees. OTR provided training on vital records for 27 BIA/OST employees. 

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Equipment 


OTR’s program of furnishing fireproof filing cabinets for BIA and OST programs concluded in September 2008.  OTR has furnished approximately 6,000 pieces of equipment to requesting offices in the past several years and the immediate need for this equipment has been met.  BIA and OST program offices are now responsible for purchasing such equipment. 
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