Title 25, IndiansRelease 119-102
§277 Former Apache Military Post Established as Theodore Roosevelt Indian School
Title 25 › CHAPTER 7 — EDUCATION OF INDIANS › § 277
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior can set up and run the old Fort Apache military post as an Indian boarding school called the Theodore Roosevelt Indian School to carry out treaty obligations. The Fort Apache site and its land must stay under the Secretary’s control as long as they are needed for the school.
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Title 25, §277
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to establish and maintain the former Fort Apache military post as an Indian boarding school for the purpose of carrying out treaty obligations, to be known as the Theodore Roosevelt Indian School: Provided, That the Fort Apache military post, and land appurtenant thereto, shall remain in the possession and custody of the Secretary of the Interior so long as they shall be required for Indian school purposes.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Lands Held in Trust for White Mountain Apache Tribe Pub. L. 86–392, Mar. 18, 1960, 74 Stat. 8, provided: “That all right, title, and interest of the United States in and to the lands, together with the improvements thereon, included in the former Fort Apache Military Reservation, created by Executive order of
February 1, 1877, and subsequently set aside by the Act of
January 24, 1923 (42 Stat. 1187) [this section], as a site for the Theodore Roosevelt School, located within the boundaries of the Fort Apache Indian Reservation, Arizona, are hereby declared to be held by the United States in trust for the White Mountain Apache Tribe, subject to the right of the Secretary of the Interior to use any part of the land and improvements for administrative or school purposes for as long as they are needed for that purpose.”
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
For
Transfer of Functions
of other officers, employees, and agencies of Department of the Interior, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
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Citation
25 U.S.C. § 277
Title 25, Indians
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102