Crystal Miller - Deputy to Senior Advisory of Policy, Tax & Federal Government Relations, Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy
Caleb Seeling
Crystal Miller is the Deputy to Senior Advisory of Policy, Tax & Federal Government Relations for Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy. Crystal Miller is an enrolled citizen of the Walker River Paiute Tribe and a PhD candidate at the University of Arizona focusing her studies on Federal Indian Law and Policy, Tribal Constitution Reform, and Strengthening Indigenous Governance. She has specifically explored how the Federal Indian Policies that govern and provide both the guidelines and restrictions on Native Nations’ ability to assert their sovereignty have impacted Tribes. Crystal has invested in the protection of tribal lands and resources and continues to fight legally and politically to ensure that the tribe’s interests are included regarding lands directly impacted by outside agencies.
Her commitment to understanding and disseminating knowledge to Native Nations is a high priority that is evidenced in the work she has done and continues to do. Through reform processes of Tribal constitutions and governing documents that guide Native Nations, she has worked to align Tribal interests in a way that protects their culture and lands. Crystal has testified before the state senate, provided training to federal agencies, and established law and order codes that define the processes of consultation for Tribes. She has assisted Native Nations in strengthening their governing systems by fully exerting and exercising their sovereignty and divorcing Western governing systems.
Crystal has excelled in implementing corrective action plans to solve organizational and/or departmental problems, strategic planning, and analyzing program productivity. The strength that she brings to the Alliance is the experience of implementing and actualizing the skills she has been trained for in both academia and her professional career. She has been able to apply Indigenous methodologies and frameworks, as well as create her own that represents the Agai Dicutta culture and living spirit. Bio from Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy.
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