FORT APACHE HISTORIC PARK
Theodore Roosevelt School
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Circa 1932
 History: On January 24, 1923 an act was passed by
Congress authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to establish and maintain an
Indian boarding school to be known as the Theodore Roosevelt School. The first
students were Navajo children; however the school was eventually attended by
Apache students exclusively. In 1960 the Arizona State Department of Education
received a contract to educate Indian children. As a result, Alchesay High
School and Whiteriver Elementary School were built at Whiteriver, five miles
north of Fort Apache. Once these schools were completed, most of the local
students transferred to the new schools. Theodore Roosevelt then became a
boarding school for children of may tribes. The school remains open today,
teaching grades three through eight.
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