IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA


ELOUISE PEPION COBELL, et al., ) 
) 
Plaintiffs, ) 
) 
v. ) Case No. 1:96CV01285 
) (Judge Robertson) 
DIRK KEMPTHORNE, Secretary of the Interior, ) 
et al., ) 
) 
Defendants. ) 

__________________________________________) 

NOTICE OF FILING OF JANUARY 2007 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 January 2007. A copy of the report is attached hereto. 

Dated: February 15, 2007 
Respectfully submitted, 
PETER D. KEISLER 
Assistant Attorney General 
STUART E. SCHIFFER 
Deputy Assistant Attorney General 

J. CHRISTOPHER KOHN 
Director 
/s/ Robert E. Kirschman, Jr. 
ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, Jr. 

(D.C. Bar No. 406635) 
Assistant Director 
Commercial Litigation Branch 
Civil Division 
P.O. Box 875 
Ben Franklin Station 
Washington, D.C. 20044-0875 
Phone (202) 616-0238 
Fax (202) 514-9163 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that, on February 15, 2007 the foregoing Notice of Filing of January 
2007 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 
OIFFICE OF TRUSTRECORDS 
January 1 -31,2007 


PROGRAMMATIC: 

* Labat-Anderson(Labat Indexing Project) 
Labat reported that indexing of 1,052 boxes of inactive Indian records was 
completed in January 2007. The total number of boxes completed through 
January 2007 is approximately 152,725. 

Movement of Records 

The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and Office of the Special Trustee(OST) 
moved 831 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 

The Office of Trust Review and Audit(OTRA) did not issue any final records 
assessment reports during the month of January 2007, OTIU pdormed records 
assessments at Western Nevada Agency BIA offices and Colorado River Agency 
BLA and OST IIM offices. 

Records Training 

OTR provided records management training for 60 BIA records contacts. 

Equipment 

128 pieces of fireproof filing equipment were delivered to BL4, OST and Tribal 

offices in January 2007. 

Litigation Support and Research Requests 

OTR continued to provide significant suppprt to the Office of the Solicitor, Office 
of Historical Trust Accounting and its contractors,and the Department of Justice 
and its contractors. AIRR staff provided responses to 205 research requests from 
BIA, QST and other requesters. 

ADMINISTRATIVE:

General administrative activities continued. 

GENEAL 0BSERVATIONS: None. 


I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoingis true and correctto the best ofmy 
knowledge, informationand belie£ I express no opinion onthe content of the Site 
Assessments Statement described hve. 

w 


Ethel J. Abeitf. 

I declare under penalty of perjury that the content ofthe Site Assessments Statement 
described above is true and correct to the best 'ofmy knowledge, informationand befief. 
I express no opinion an the contents of other sections/subsecuonsof the report. 

P/ a,

Jeff Lords 
Director, Ofice of Trust Revieview and Audit