SCLC/Rosa #684 — 1953 Indian-school transfer: trust-owner consent + 1957 forfeiture path

GPT-6 Sol archive · 67 Stat 41–42 · 71 Stat 29 · finding 684

Pub. L. 83-47 (1953) authorizes conveyance of unneeded federal Indian-school property with beneficial-owner consent specifically for trust-held land, a 20-acre cap per school, mineral reservation, and equal Indian/non-Indian access unless the Interior Secretary approves otherwise. Pub. L. 85-31 (1957) lets a former beneficial owner petition federal court for forfeiture if a grantee breaches for a year and the Secretary does not act — more precise than the Commission’s shorthand “with the consent of the Indians.”

Archive: GitLab 0f847a59.