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 NOVEMBER 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 November 2009.  A copy of the report is attached. 
Dated: December 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 December 15, 2009 the foregoing Notice of Filing of November 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 

November 1-30, 2009 

PROGRAMMATIC: 
• 
Indexing 

OTR staff completed indexing of 1,160 boxes in November 2009. The total number ofboxes completed through November 2009 is approximately 196,905. 

• 
Movement of Records 


The Bureau ofIndian Affairs (BIA) and Office ofthe Special Trustee (OST) 
moved 571 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 ofNovember, OTRA performed two records assessments, one each at the following locations: Warm Springs Agency BIA office and Warm Springs Agency OST 11M field office. OTRA issued six records management assessment reports, one each at the following locations: Seattle OST 11M field office; Olympic Peninsula Agency BIA office; Olympic Peninsula Agency OST 11M field office; Northern Cheyenne Agency OST 11M field office; Crow Agency OST 11M field office; and Rocky Mountain OST 11M field office. 
• Records Training 
In November 2009, OTR provided records management training for 50 BIA 
records contacts. OTR provided training on vital records for 42 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 ofthese requests have very short deadlines. 
During November 2009, OTR AIRR staff provided responses to 223 non­litigation 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. AbeitJ 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 of the report. 
a 0n Director, Office ofTrust Review and Audit 
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