IN THE UNTTED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                         FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

ELOUISE PEPION COBELL, et al.,                 )
                                               )
     Plaintiffs,                               )
                                               )
     v.                                        )         CaseNo. 1:96CV01285
                                               )         (Judge Lamberth)
DIRK KEMPTHORNE, Secretary of the Interior,  )
                                               )
                                               )
     Defendants.                               )


         NOTICE OF FILING OF OCTOBER 2006 STATUS REPORT BY
     THE DEPARTMENT OF TUE INTERIOR OFFICE OF TRUST RECORDS

     The Department of the Interior Office of Trust Records hereby submits its status report

for activity in October 2006. A copy of the report is attached hereto.


Dated: November 15, 2006             Respectfully submitted,
                                     PETERD. KEISLER
                                     Assistant Attorney General
                                     STUART E. SCHIFFER
                                     Deputy Assistant Attorney General
                                     J. CHRISTOPHER KOHN
                                     Director

                                     /5/ 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 November 15, 2006 the foregoing Notice of Filing of October
2006 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


                                    /5/ Kevin P. Kingston
                                    Kevin P. Kingston


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                                         ACTiVITY REPORT
                                     OFFICE OF TRUST R1!CORDS
                                          October 1-31,2006

             PROGRAMMATIC:

                      Labat-Anderson (Labat Indexing Project)

                      Labat reported that indexing of 1,918 boxes of inactive Indian records was
                      completed in October 2006. The total number of boxes completed through
                      October 2006 is approximatelyl49,560.

                *     Movement of Records

                      The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and Office of the Special Trustee (OST)
                      moved 776 boxes of inactive records from various field locations to Lene,!a!
                      Kansas, for indexing and subsequent storage at the American Indian Records
                      Repository (ATRR) during this reporting period.

                *     Site Assessments Statement

                      During the month of October, the Office of Trust Review and Audit (OTRA)
                      issued final records assessment reports for Northwest Region IIM office and
                      Warm Springs Agency BIA and IIM offices. OTRA performed record
                      assessments for Crow Creek Agency BIA and UM offices.

                      Records Training

                      OTR provided records management training for 41 BIA and OST records contacts
                      and 24 tribal employees in October 2006.

                      Equipment

                      108 pieces of fireproof filing equipment were delivered to BIA, 1 piece to OST
                      and 8 pieces to tribal offices in October 2006.

                      Litigation Support and Researth 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 staff provided responses to 138 research requests from
                      131A, OST and other requesters.


            ADM1NISTRATWE! General administrative activities continued.


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        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 subsection described

                                        Ethel J.

        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.

                                      D. !
                                        Jeff Lords
                                        Director, Office of Trust Review arid Audit

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