Robert Miller
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Mail code: 9520Campus: Dtphx
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Robert J. Miller’s areas of expertise are Federal Indian Law, American Indians and international law, American Indian economic development, Native American natural resources, and Civil Procedure. He is an enrolled citizen of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe, the Interim Chief Justice for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe Court of Appeals and sits as a judge for other tribes. He is the Willard H. Pedrick Distinguished Research Scholar at ASU and the Faculty Director of the Rosette LLP American Indian Economic Development Program at ASU.
In 2014 he was elected to the American Philosophical Society. The APS is the oldest learned society in the United States and was created by Benjamin Franklin in 1743. Thomas Jefferson served as president of the APS for seventeen years overlapping his time as president of the United States. The APS has only elected about 5,600 members in its 280 year history.
Before joining ASU in 2013, Professor Miller was on the faculty of Lewis & Clark Law School from 1999-2013. Prior to his career in academia, he practiced Indian law with Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker, and practiced litigation with the Stoel Rives law firm. Following graduation from law school, he clerked for Judge Diarmuid O’Scannlain of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Professor Miller’s scholarly works include articles, books, and book chapters on a wide array of Federal Indian Law issues and Civil Procedure, and he speaks regularly on Indian Law issues across the U.S. and in other countries. He is the author of "Native America, Discovered and Conquered: Thomas Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, and Manifest Destiny" (Praeger 2006), and "Reservation Capitalism: Economic Development in Indian Country" (Praeger 2012). He co-authored "A Promise Kept: The Muscogee (Creek) Nation and McGirt v. Oklahoma (forthcoming University of Oklahoma Press 2022); "Creating Private Sector Economies in Native America: Sustainable Development through Entrepreneurship (Cambridge University Press 2019); and "Discovering Indigenous Lands: The Doctrine of Discovery in the English Colonies" (Oxford University Press 2010). Professor Miller has worked as a consultant with the American Philosophical Society since 2006 on tribal language and archival issues. He was elected to the American Law Institute in 2012.
- J.D. Lewis & Clark Law School 1991
- B.S. Eastern Oregon University 1988
Reservation “Capitalism:” Economic Development in Indian Country (Praeger 2012, Univ. Neb. Press paperback 2013). E98.E2 M55 2012
Robert J. Miller, Jacinta Ruru, Larissa Behrendt & Tracey Lindberg, Discovering Indigenous Lands: The Doctrine of Discovery in the English Colonies (Oxford University Press 2010, Oxford paperback 2012). KD5041 .D57 2010
Native America, Discovered and Conquered: Thomas Jefferson, Lewis & Clark, and Manifest Destiny (Praeger Publishers 2006, Univ. Neb. Press paperback 2008). E93 .M582 2006
The International Law of Colonialism: A Comparative Analysis, 15 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 847 (2012). K12 .E95
Courses
2023 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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HON 494 | Special Topics |
HON 494 | Special Topics |
LAW 718 | Econ Dev in Indian Country |
LAW 735 | Teaching Assistant |
LAW 704 | Federal Indian Law II |
LAW 781 | Independent Study |
2022 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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LAW 518 | Civil Procedure |
LAW 735 | Teaching Assistant |
LAW 781 | Independent Study |
2022 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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LAW 735 | Teaching Assistant |
LAW 781 | Independent Study |
LAW 718 | Econ Dev in Indian Country |
HON 494 | Special Topics |
2021 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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HON 494 | Special Topics |
LAW 518 | Civil Procedure |
LAW 735 | Teaching Assistant |
LAW 632 | Federal Indian Law I |
LAW 781 | Independent Study |
2021 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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HON 494 | Special Topics |
LAW 718 | Econ Dev in Indian Country |
LAW 735 | Teaching Assistant |
LAW 781 | Independent Study |
2020 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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HON 494 | Special Topics |
LAW 518 | Civil Procedure |
LAW 735 | Teaching Assistant |
LAW 632 | Federal Indian Law I |
LAW 781 | Independent Study |
2020 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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LAW 735 | Teaching Assistant |
LAW 770 | Law Journal |
LAW 781 | Independent Study |
2019 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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LAW 735 | Teaching Assistant |
LAW 770 | Law Journal |
LAW 781 | Independent Study |
2019 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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LAW 770 | Law Journal |
LAW 781 | Independent Study |
LAW 718 | Econ Dev in Indian Country |
LAW 735 | Teaching Assistant |
2018 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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HON 494 | Special Topics |
LAW 518 | Civil Procedure |
LAW 735 | Teaching Assistant |
LAW 770 | Law Journal |
LAW 632 | Federal Indian Law I |
LAW 781 | Independent Study |
2018 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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LAW 735 | Teaching Assistant |
LAW 770 | Law Journal |
LAW 791 | Seminar |
LAW 718 | Econ Dev in Indian Country |
LAW 781 | Independent Study |