IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
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ELOUISE PEPION COBELL, et al., ) 
Plaintiffs, 
v. 
GALE A. NORTON, Secretary of 
the Interior, et al., 
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) No. 1:96CV01285 
(Judge Lamberth) 
Defendants. 
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NOTICE OF FILING 
Defendants give notice of the filing of the attached notices by the Department of the 
Interior regarding the Court's Order of September 29, 2004 [Dkt. No. 2708], as clarified by the 
Court's Order of October 1, 2004 [Dkt. No. 2713] and in recent status conferences before the 
Court. 
Respectfully submitted, Dated: October 12, 2004 
ROBERT D. McCALLUM 
Associate Attorney General 
PETER D. KEISLER 
Assistant Attorney General 
STUART E. SCHIFFER 
Deputy Assistant Attorney General 
J. CHRISTOPHER KOHN 
Director 
/s/ Sandra P. Spooner 
SANDRA P. SPOONER (D.C. Bar No. 261495) 
Deputy Director 
JOHN T. STEMPLEWICZ 
Senior Trial Attorney 
JOHN R. KRESSE 
Trial Attorney 
Commercial Litigation Branch 
Civil Division
P.O. Box 875, Ben Franklin Station 
Washington, D.C. 20044-0875 
Telephone: (202) 514-7194 
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 
I hereby certify that, on October 12, 2004 the foregoing Notice of Filing 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