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.  )  

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NOTICE OF FILING OF APRIL 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 April 2007. A copy of the report is attached hereto. 
Dated: May 15, 2007 	Respectfully submitted, PETER D. KEISLER Assistant Attorney General MICHAEL F. HERTZ Deputy Assistant Attorney General 
J. CHRISTOPHER KOHN Director
 /s/ Robert E. Kirschman, Jr. ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, Jr. 
(D.C. Bar No. 406635) Deputy 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 May 15, 2007 the foregoing Notice of Filing of April 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 
OFFICE OF TRUST ~CORDS 
April 1 - 30, 2007 
PROGRAMMATIC: 
Labat-Anderson (Labat Indexing Project) 
Labat reported that indexing of !, 112 boxes of inactive Indian records was completed in April 2007. The total number of boxes completed through April 2007 is approximately 155,532. 
Movement of Records 

The Bureau of Indian Affairs 03IA) and Office of the Special Trustee (OST) moved 2,158 boxes of inactive records from various field Ioeations 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 of April, OTRA issued a final records assessment report for San Carlos Agency BIA. OTKA performed record assessments at the Shiprock and Chinle Agencies BIA offices, OST Budget, Finance and Administration (DC), OST Immediate office (DC), OST External Affairs Office (DC), the NBC Deputy Chief Appraisers Office (DC) and the Northwest Region Appraisal Office. 
Records Training 

OTR provided records management training for 188 BIA, OST and Tribal records contacts. OTR provided training on vital records for 256 BIA, OST and Tribal employees. ~ 

Equipment 
29 pieces of fireproof ~ing equipment were delivered to BIA, OST and Tribal offices in April 2007. 
Litigation Support and Research Requests 
OTR continued to provide sigrdficanl support to the Office of the Soliei.tor, Office of Historical Trust Accounting and its contractors, and the Department of Justice and its contractors. AIRR sl~f provided responses to 255 research requests from BIA, OST and other requesters. 
ADMINISTRATIVE: General administrative activities continued. 
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS: None. 
I declare under pcnalty 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. Abeita
I declare under penalty of perjury that the content of the Site Assessments Statcmaent 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. 
Jeff Lords
Director, Office of Trust Review and Audit 
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