Amber Kanazbah Crotty

Amber Kanazbah Crotty (born ) is an American and Navajo politician and advocate. A member of the Navajo Nation Council since 2015, she was the only female delegate on the 23-member council when she first took office. Her work has largely focused on advocating for victims of sexual assault and their families.

Crotty's advocacy was influenced by her own experiences with sexual harassment and assault. She was instrumental in establishing an Amber Alert system on the Navajo reservation following the abduction and murder of Ashlynne Mike. She has also chaired the Naabik'íyáti' Committee Sexual Assault Prevention sub-committee and the Missing and Murdered Diné Relatives (MMDR) Task Force. For her work, she was named the 2017 Person of the Year by the Navajo Times and has received awards from the Southwest Indigenous Women's Coalition and the Navajo Nation Office of the Prosecutor.

Early life and education Crotty was born and is from Sheep Springs, New Mexico. Her middle name, Kanazbah, means "warrior." As a child, she was a Girl Scout and later a troop leader. She was the second woman to be elected after the council was reduced from 88 to 24 delegates in 2009. By September 2018, she had launched her campaign for a second term and was later a member of the 24th Navajo Nation Council. As head of the task force, she has overseen the development of a proposed data institute and a community action toolkit for missing persons cases. In addition to her work on sexual assault, she has advocated for the elderly in vulnerable communities and has focused on youth development, contributing to the creation of the Navajo Nation Advisory Youth Council.

In 2022, the Southwest Indigenous Women's Coalition (SWIWC) honored her with the Eleanor E. Roehrig Advocate Award for her work with survivors. On September 17, 2024, she received the Vanguard of Justice Award from the Navajo Nation Office of the Prosecutor for her leadership of the MMDR Task Force.