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 JUNE 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 June 2007. A copy of the report is attached hereto. 
Dated: July 16, 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) 616-0328 Fax (202) 514-9163 
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that, on July 16, 2007 the foregoing Notice of Filing of June 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 
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ACTIVITY REPORT 
OFFICE OF TRUST RECORDS 
Jtme I - 30, 2007 
PROGRAMMATIC: 
Labat-Anderson (Labat Indexing Project) 
Labat reported that indexing of 1,220 boxes of inactive Indian records was completed in June 2007. The total number of boxes completed through June 2007 is approximately 157,880. 
Movement of Records 

The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and Office of the Special Trustee (OST) moved 2,108 boxes of inactive records from various field locations to Lenexa, Kansas, for indexing and subsequent storage at the American Indian Records Repository (AIR_R) during this reporting period. 
Site Assessments Statement 

During the month of June, OTRA performed 4 records assessments at the following locations: Eastern Region (BIA); Eastern Region (IIM Field Office); and NBC, OST/Office of Appraisal Services for two regions (Eastern Region and Western Region). OTRA issued 5 records assessments reports for Uintah and Ouray Agency (BIA); Uintah and Ouray (IIM Field Office), and NBC, OST/Office of Appraisal Services for threeregions (Rocky Mountain Region, Western Region, and Southwest Region). 
Records Training 

OTR provided records management training for 43 BIA/OST records contacts and 41 Tribal employees. OTR provided training on vital records for 201 BIA, OST and Tribal employees. 

Equipment 

126 pieces of fireproof filing equipment were delivered to BIA, OST and Tribal 
offices in June 2007. 

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, and the Department of Justice and its contractors. AIRR staffprovided responses to 204 research requests from BIA, OST and other requesters. Additionally with the recent filing of numerous tribal trust litigation cases, litigation-related information and document requests pertaining to records at the AIRR continue to increase. Manyofthese requests have very short deadlines. 
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. 
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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. 
JeffLords ~ 
Director, Office of Trust Review and Audit