Alden Miller and his family are no strangers to rural life.  He previously

served as chief of interpretation at Sitka National Historical Park in

Alaska, and enjoys living in the Great Plains.  "The prairie is like a

blanket for the soul", said Miller, "It's great living where there's an

unwritten page, where the people are honest, hardworking and dependable.

We couldn't be happier than to be here".

 Sand Creek Massacre NHS marks the third developing National Park Service

site where Alden Miller has served, including the Oklahoma City National

Memorial  and Washita Battlefield National Historic Site.

 Since 1994, Miller has worked in the divisions of natural and cultural

resources, facilities, interpretation and education, cultural

demonstrations, historic preservation trades, and law enforcement at

national park sites that include Washita Battlefield NHS, Oklahoma City NM,

San Antonio Missions NHP, Little Bighorn Battlefield NM, and Minuteman NHP.

He served management trainee assignments at locations including the Alaska

Regional Office in Anchorage, and Mount Rushmore NM in Keystone, South

Dakota.

 Prior to his 14 year National Park Service career, Miller was honorably

discharged from military service, worked in law enforcement and as a human

rights and civil liberties advocate, and undertook a variety of

apprenticeships in the artisan trades.  He graduated with honors from the

University of Massachusetts at Amherst, with an emphasis in human relations

and justice studies.

 Alden Miller was adopted by the matriarchs of the Three Clan (Knife Clan)

from the Mandan Hidatsa Tribe, on Fort Berthold Reservation in the Badlands

of Western North Dakota; and by the clan leader of the Chookaneidi Clan,

Wolf/Eagle Tribe, Tlingit Nation, of Glacier Bay, in Alaska.

 Miller is married with two daughters, one of whom is married to a Coast

Guard helicopter rescue swimmer, and the family has several pets.