IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
ELOUISE PEPION COBELL, et al., ) 
Plaintiffs, 
v. Case No. 1:96CV01285 
(Judge Lamberth) 
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GALE NORTON, Secretary of the Interior, et al., ) 
Defendants. 
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NOTICE OF FILING OF THE SEVENTEENTH QUARTERLY REPORT 
FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
The Department of the Treasury has prepared its Seventeenth Quarterly Report on Actions 
Taken By the Department of the Treasury to Retain IIM-Related Documents Necessary For an 
Accounting and submits it to the Court in accordance with this Court’s Order of December 21, 
1999. 
A copy of the report is attached hereto. 
Respectfully submitted, Dated: March 1, 2004 
ROBERT D. McCALLUM, JR. 
Associate Attorney General 
PETER D. KEISLER 
Assistant Attorney General 
STUART E. SCHIFFER 
Deputy Assistant Attorney General 
J. CHRISTOPHER KOHN 
Director 
SANDRA P. SPOONER 
D.C. Bar No. 261495 
Deputy Director 
/s/ Sandra P. Spooner JOHN T. STEMPLEWICZ 
Senior Trial Counsel 
GLENN D. GILLETT 
Trial Attorney 
Commercial Litigation Branch 
Civil Division 
P.O. Box 875 
Ben Franklin Station 
Washington, D.C. 20044-0875 
(202) 514-7162 (phone) 
(202) 307-0494 (fax) 
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 
I hereby certify that, on March 1, 2004 the foregoing Seventeenth Quarterly Report on 
Actions Taken By the Department of the Treasury to Retain IIM-Related Documents Necessary 
For an Accounting 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