IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ____________________________________ ) ELOUISE PEPION COBELL, et al., ) No. 1:96CV01285 (RCL) Plaintiffs, v. ) ) ) ) ) GALE A. NORTON, Secretary of the Interior, et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) NOTICE OF FILING OF APRIL 2005 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 2005. A copy of the report is attached hereto. Respectfully submitted, Dated: May 16, 2005 ROBERT D. McCALLUM Associate Attorney General PETER D. KEISLER Assistant Attorney General STUART E. SCHIFFER Deputy Assistant Attorney General /s/ J. Christopher Kohn J. CHRISTOPHER KOHN (D.C. Bar No. 212357) Director JOHN T. STEMPLEWICZ Senior Trial Attorney Commercial Litigation Branch Civil Division P.O. Box 875, Ben Franklin Station Washington, D.C. 20044-0875 Telephone: (202) 514-7450 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that, on May 16, 2005 the foregoing Notice of Filing of April 2005 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