IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

ELOUISE PEPION COBELL, et al.,  )  
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Plaintiffs,  )  
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v.  )  Case No. 1:96cv01285(JR)  
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DIRK KEMPTHORNE, Secretary of the Interior,  )  
et al.,  )  
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Defendants.  )  

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NOTICE OF FILING OF JUNE 2008 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 2008. A copy of the report is attached hereto. 
Dated: July 29, 2008 Respectfully submitted, 
GREGORY G. KATSAS Assistant Attorney General MICHAEL F. HERTZ Deputy Assistant Attorney General 
J. CHRISTOPHER KOHN Director
  /s/ Robert E. Kirschman, Jr.    ROBERT E. KIRSCHMAN, JR. Deputy Director 
(D.C. Bar No. 406635) JOHN R. KRESSE Trial Attorney Commercial Litigation Branch Civil Division 
P.O. Box 875, Ben Franklin Station Washington, D.C. 20044-0875 Telephone: (202) 616-0328 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that, on July 29, 2008 the foregoing Notice of Filing of June 2008 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 

June I -30, 2008 

PROGRAMMATIC: 
• 
Labat-Anderson (Labat Indexing Project) 

Labat reported that indexing of 1,825 boxes of inactive Indian records was completed in June 2008. The total number of boxes completed through June 2008 is approximately 176,570. 

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Movement of Records 


The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and Office ofthe Special Trustee (OST) 
moved 992 boxes of inactive records from various field locations to Lenexa, 
Kansas, for indexing and subsequent storage at the American Indian Records 
Repository (AIRR) during this reporting period. 
• Site Assessments Statement 
During the month ofJune, OTRA performed I records assessment at Navajo 
Region BIA office. OTRA also performed 6 follow-up records assessments, one 
each at the following locations: Rosebud Agency BIA office, Rosebud Agency 
OST lIM field office, Yankton Agency BIA office, Yankton Agency OST lIM 
field office, Rapid City OST lIM field office, and Navajo Region OST IIM field 
office. OTRA issued 2 records assessment reports, one each for the following 
locations: Ute Mountain Ute Agency BIA office and OST, Office ofAppraisal 
Services, Alaska Region. OTRA also issued 12 follow-up records assessment 
reports, one each for the following locations: Southern California Agency BIA 
office, Palm Springs Agency BIA office, Central California Agency BIA office, 
Southern Plains Region BIA office, Fairbanks BIA field office, Alaska Region 
BIA office, Alaska Region OST IIM field office, West Central Alaska BIA field 
office, Northern California Agency BIA office, Pacific Region BIA office, 
Southern Ute Agency BIA office, and Navajo Region OST IIM field office. 
• Records Training 
In June 2008, OTR provided records management training for 46 BWOST 
records contacts and 24 tribal employees. OTR provided training on vital records 
for 62 BWOST employees. 

• 
Equipment 

18 pieces of fireproof filing equipment were delivered to Tribal offices in June 2008. 

• 
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, the Department ofJustice and its contractors, and tribal attorneys on behalf of various Tribes. AIRR staff provided responses to 291 research requests from BIA, OST and other requesters. With the filing of numerous tribal trust litigation cases, litigation-related information and document requests pertaining to records at the AIRR continue 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. 
I declare under penalty ofperjury that the content ofthe 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 ofother sections/subsections of the report. 
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Acting Director, Office ofTrust Review and Audit 
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