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 NOVEMBER 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 November 2007.  A copy of the report is attached hereto. 
Dated: December 17, 2007 	Respectfully submitted, JEFFREY S. BUCHOLTZ Acting 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 December 17, 2007 the foregoing Notice of Filing of November 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 RECORDS 
November 1-30, 2007 

PROGRAMMATIC: 

Labat-Anderson (Labat Indexing Project) 
Labat reported that indexing of 1,030 boxes of inactive Indian records was 
completed in November 2007. The total number of boxes completed through 
November 2007 is approximately 164,715. 
Movement of Records 

The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and Office of the Special Trustee (OST) 
moved 1,031 boxes of inactive records from various field locations to Lenexa, 
Kansas, for indexing mad subsequent storage at the American Indian Records 
Repository (AIRR) during tiffs reporting period. 
S~e As~ssme~sStateme~ 

During the month of November, OTRA performed one records assessment at the 
following location: NBC, Office of Appraisal Services, Great Plains Region. 
OTRA issued four records assessment reports, oae for each of the following 
locations: Rapid City OST IIM office, Great Plains Region BIA office, Great. 
Plains Region OST IIM office, and Standing Rock Agency BIA office. 
Records Training 

In November 2007, OTR provided records management training for 90 BIA!OST records contacts and Tribal employees. OTR provided trahaing on vital records for 13 BIA, OST and Tribal employees. 
Equipment 

69 pieces of fireproof filing equipmem were delivered to BIA/OST and Tribal offices in November 2007. 
Litigation Support and Research Requests 
OTR continued to provide significant suppo~ to the Office of the Solicitor, Office of Historical Trust Accounting and its contractors, the Department of Justice and its contractors and tribal attorneys on behalf of various Tribes. AIRR staff provided responses to 193 research requests fi’om BIA, OST and offerer requesters. With the recent filing of numerous tribal trust litigation eases, litigation-related 
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information and docur~-~ent requests pertaining to records at the AIRRcontinue to increase. Many of these 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. ~~QEthel J. Abe~ ~ 
I declare under penalty of perjury that the content of the Site Assessments Statement described above is tree 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. 
Julene Acting Director, Office of Trust Review and Audit 
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