In Episode 106 of Red Hoop Talk, host Jennifer Robin welcomes Dr. Crystal Miller, citizen of the Walker River Paiute Tribe and Director of Cultural Sovereignty for the Association on American Indian Affairs. A nationally recognized expert in Federal Indian Law and Policy, Dr. Miller shares how her work advances Native Nation sovereignty through constitutional reform, repatriation, sacred place protection, environmental justice, and strengthening Native self-determination. Throughout the conversation, she explains that sovereignty is not simply a legal concept but a living responsibility exercised every day by Native Nations.

Jennifer and Dr. Miller discuss how federal policies continue to shape Native Nation governance while exploring constitutional reform, Land Back, and the importance of exercising inherent sovereignty. Dr. Mille ...