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. 				)
________________________________________)

NOTICE OF FILING OF FEBRUARY 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 February 2010. A copy of the report is attached.

Dated: March 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 March 15, 2010 the foregoing Notice of Filing of February 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

February 1-28,2010

PROGRAMMATIC:

• Indexing
OTR staff completed indexing of 721 boxes in February 2010. The total number
of boxes completed through February 2010 is approximately 199,235.

• Movement of Records
The Bureau ofIndian Affairs (BIA) and Office of the Special Trustee (OST)
moved 942 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.

• Boxes Requiring Remediation
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 has requested funding from the BIA Central Office to
remediate the records.

• Site Assessments Statement
During the month of February, OTRA performed two records management
assessments, one each at the following locations: Eastern Navajo Region BIA office
and Eastern Navajo Region OST 11MField office. OTRA issued three records
management assessment reports, one each for the following locations: Northwest
Region BIA office; Northwest Region OST 11MField office; and OST, Office of
Appraisal Services, Northwest Region.

• Records Training
In February 2010, OTR provided records management training for 36 BIA/OST
records contacts and 9 tribal employees. OTR did not provide training on vital
records for this month. OTR provided electronic records management training for
37 OST employees.
Note: The December 2009 report stated that OTR provided records management
training for 45 BIA/OST records contacts, but the actual number was 51.

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• 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 of these requests have very short deadlines.
During February 2010, OTR AIRR staff provided responses to 225 non-litigation
research requests from BIA and OST.

ADMINISTRATIVE: General administrative activities continued.

GENERAL OBSERVATIONS: None.

I declare under penalty of perjury 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 J. ~beita
Director

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. ;/(-- tr~~ -
irector, Office of Trust Review and Audit

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