Alliance For Tribal Clean Energy

Professor Bob Miller (Eastern Shawnee), Jonathan & Wendy Rose Professor of Law, Sandra Day O'Connor School of Law, Arizona State University, opened Day 2 of TEES 2026 with a case for clean energy as nation-building. Not simply projects, but a strategy for long-term economic power.

The numbers tell the story: → Only 35¢ of every dollar spent on Navajo Nation stays on the reservation → Tribes lose ~$219M annually in tax revenue to off-reservation spending → Carbon credit programs have already generated $8M, with $200M projected → 13.7% of Native people live on reservations — down from 30%

Clean energy slows or stops the leaks. It keeps revenue circulating in the community, creates jobs, funds schools and language programs, and gives Tribal governments the resources to actually govern.

Sovereignty GOVERNS.