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UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS NAVAJO NATION f.k.a. NAVAJO TRIBE OF INDIANS, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

No. 06-945 L Judge Francis M. Allegra

PLAINTIFF'S NOTICE OF RECENTLY DISCLOSED FACTS RELEVANT TO PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR ENTRY OF RECORD RETENTION ORDER

Plaintiff hereby notifies the Court of recently disclosed facts relevant to Plaintiff's pending Motion for Entry of Record Retention Order ("RRO Motion") that have become known since the filing of Plaintiff's reply in support of the RRO Motion on July 5, 2007. The recently disclosed facts are documented in Defendant's Notices of Filing of Report Concerning Inadvertent Document Destruction ("Defendant's Notices of Document Destruction"), filed on July 9, 2007, in two separate cases before this Court that are indirectly related to this case, namely, Pueblo of Laguna v. United States, No. 02-24L, and Jicarilla Apache Nation v. United States, No. 02-25L. Those two notices are respectively attached hereto as Exhibits A and B and incorporated herein by reference. Defendant's Notices of Document Destruction report to the Court and Plaintiff for the first time the destruction in April 2007 of 15 boxes of government records including documents relating to financial transactions of the United States Department of Treasury ("Treasury") involving the Department of the Interior and the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs. See Exs. A(1) & B(1). While Treasury was notified of that document destruction in June 2007, counsel for Defendant was

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apparently only notified of it on July 9, 2007. See id. These recently disclosed facts are relevant to Plaintiff's pending RRO Motion because the RRO Motion addresses the necessity for court protection of irreplaceable Indian trust records relevant to adjudication of this case, including the manner in which Defendant's existing record retention policies, procedures, and controls have allowed the recent and ongoing loss and destruction of Indian trust records.

Respectfully submitted, /s/ Alan R. Taradash Alan R. Taradash Nordhaus Law Firm, LLP 405 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave. NE Albuquerque, NM 87102 telephone: 505-243-4275 facsimile: 505-243-4464 Dated: July 11, 2007 Attorney of Record for Plaintiff

Of Counsel for Plaintiff:

Thomas J. Peckham Daniel I.S.J. Rey-Bear Deidre A. Lujan Dana L. Bobroff Nordhaus Law Firm, LLP 405 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Ave. NE Albuquerque, NM 87102 telephone: 505-243-4275 facsimile: 505-243-4464 Donald H. Grove Nordhaus Law Firm, LLP 1401 K Street NW, Suite 801 Washington, DC 2006 telephone: 202-530-1920 facsimile: 202-530-1270

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EXHIBIT A

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EXHIBIT B

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