25 U.S.C. § 277
Former Apache military post established as Theodore Roosevelt Indian School
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.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1999–2021 · leading case: White Mountain Apache Tribe v. United States
White Mountain Apache Tribe v. United States (2001)
“See 25 U.S.C. § 277 (1994). 3 In 1960, Congress passed the 1960 Act which declared the Fort 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…”
White Mountain Apache Tribe v. United States (1999)
“These include: 25 U.S.C. § 277 ; Title XI of the Education Amendments Act of 1978, 25 U.”
White Mountain Apache Tribe v. United States (2021)
“8 (codified as 25 U.S.C. § 277 ), not only expressly defined a fiduciary relationship between the Tribe and the Government relating to the former military post of Fort Apache but also gave the Government the right to use portions of the property it held in trust for the Tribe.”
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