Robert Miller Appointed Navajo Nation's Economic Advisor

ALI member Robert James Miller of ASU Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law has been appointed to the Navajo Nation’s new Council of Economic Advisors. Professor Miller, an Adviser on the Restatement of the Law, The Law of American Indians project, was appointed by the Office of the President and Vice President (OPVP).

“We went out and recruited the best and brightest advisors — including authors of a well-known book on American Indian economic development — who are all at the top of their profession to provide objective, theory-based, analytical advice and help with the president’s annual economic report. Now is the best opportunity for the Nation to push the economic development agenda,” said Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye.

In addition to advising the OPVP on various economic development activities and assisting with the president’s annual economic report, the six-person Council will take on the task of diversifying the Navajo Nation economy “in light of dwindling royalties from natural resources.”

Read the OPVP announcement.