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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS
THE CHEROKEE NATION OF OKLAHOMA, Plaintiff, and PATTON BOGGS LLP, Intervenor-Plaintiff v. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant.

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Case No. 89-218(L) Chief Judge Edward H. Damich

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CHEROKEE NATION'SROPOSED.FINDINGS P OF UNCONTROVERTED ON FACTS MATTERS RELEVANT BUTNOTCOVERED PATTON TO BY BOGGS'
PROPOSED AND B CROSS-MOTION SUMMARY
FOR JUDGMENT FINDINGS PATTONOGGS' Pursuant to RCFC 56(h)(2), the Cherokee Nation submits the Nation's Proposed Findings of Uncontroverted Facts on matters that are relevant and material to the issues raised in Patton Boggs' Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment but which were not addressed by Patton Boggs in its Proposed Findings.

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History of the litigation

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Origin of the claims.

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In December 1966, the Cherokee Nation, later joined by the Choctaw and

Chickasaw Nations, filed suit against the State of Oklahoma, challenging Oklahoma's title to the Arkansas riverbed. Choctaw Nation v. Okla., 397 U.S. 620,621 (1970).

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2.

In 1970, the Supreme Court held that the Cherokee Nation, along with the

Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations, retained title to the riverbed. Choctaw Nation v. Okla., 397 U.S. 620 (1970).

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Following the Supreme Court's 1970 ruling, the Cherokee Nation sought

compensation from the United States for the damages that the Nation sustained as a result of the Government's failure to recognize and protect the IVationys title to the land, including the value of land and mineral resources used by the United States in the construction and operation of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas Riverbed Navigation Project, which was authorized by Congress in 1941 and built between 1957 and 1971. See Cherokee Nation o Okla. v. United States, 782 F.2d 871, 873 n. 2 (10th Cir. 1986) f f (recitation of history), rev'd on other grounds, United States v. Cherokee Nation o Okla., 480 U.S. 700 (1987); see also CN Ex. 12' (Memorandum dated November 5, 2003 from James Wilcoxen to Julian Fite).

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Efforts made to obtain legislation to compensate the Nation in the late 1970s and See United States v. Cherokee Nation o Okla., 480 f

early 1980s were not successful.

U.S. 700, 701-02 (1987); see also Cherokee Nation o Okla. v. United States, 782 F.2d f 871, 873 n.2 (1 othCir. 1986).

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In 1982, Congress enacted a special jurisdictional statute which waived statutes of

limitation and allowed the Nation to file suit against the United States for any claims that refers to the exhibits that the Cherokee Nation submits with the Nation's Opposition to Patton Boggs' Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment.

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