Background
Born in 1950 in Tucson. Son of Thomas Neil and Margaret (Pack) Bahti.
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book
Southwest Indian Weaving
(KC Publications, Las Vegas)
KC Publications, Las Vegas
2001
Stone and Silver: Profiles of American Indian Jewelry Artists
(Rio Nuevo Publishers, Tucson)
Rio Nuevo Publishers, Tucson
2007
Spirit in the Stone,A Handbook of Southwest Indian Animal Carvings and Beliefs
(Rio Nuevo Publishers 2nd Edition)
Rio Nuevo Publishers 2nd Edition
2016
Pueblo Stories & Storytellers
(Storyteller figures represent one of the more recent deve...)
Storyteller figures represent one of the more recent developments in the dynamic transformations underway in Native American art today. The continued demand for Mark Bahti's delightful book about these figures and the traditions from which they spring is a testament to their enormous appeal.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933855541/?tag=2022091-20
Pueblo Stories and Storytellers
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0918080169/?tag=2022091-20
Southwest Indian Designs: With Some Explanations
(Explains more than 200 of the most frequently used Southw...)
Explains more than 200 of the most frequently used Southwestern Indian designs, including those from the Zuni, Navajo, Hopi, Tewa, Acoma, Pueblo and Hohokam peoples.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0918080517/?tag=2022091-20
Other Work
- Author: Consumers Guide to Southwest Indian Arts and Crafts, 1975, Southwest Indian Jewelry, 1980, Southwest Indian Arts and Crafts, 1983, Pueblo Stories and Storytellers, 1987, Southwest Indian Design, 1993. Co-author: Navaho Sandpainting Art, 1981. Contributor articles to professional publications.
Mark Tomas Bahti
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Student, Prescott College, 1969-1970;student, University Arizona, 1970-1971.
BA in Anthropology, Prescott College, 1999
MA in American Indian Studies - University of Arizona 2002
2004 - PhD - ABD Arizona State University
Career
Manager, Bahti Indian Arts, Tucson, 1969-1971;owner, Bahti Indian Arts, Tucson, since 1972. Speaker in field.
Works
book
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Southwest Indian Designs: With Some Explanations
(Explains more than 200 of the most frequently used Southw...)
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Pueblo Stories & Storytellers
(Storyteller figures represent one of the more recent deve...)
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Spirit in the Stone,A Handbook of Southwest Indian Animal Carvings and Beliefs
(Rio Nuevo Publishers 2nd Edition)
2016 -
Stone and Silver: Profiles of American Indian Jewelry Artists
(Rio Nuevo Publishers, Tucson)
2007 -
Southwest Indian Weaving
(KC Publications, Las Vegas)
2001 - Consumer Guide for Southwest Indian Arts & Crafts
- Pueblo Stories and Storytellers
- An Introduction to Southwest Indian Arts & Crafts
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Southwest Indian Designs: With Some Explanations
Other Work
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Author: Consumers Guide to Southwest Indian Arts and Crafts, 1975, Southwest Indian Jewelry, 1980, Southwest Indian Arts and Crafts, 1983, Pueblo Stories and Storytellers, 1987, Southwest Indian Design, 1993. Co-author: Navaho Sandpainting Art, 1981. Contributor articles to professional publications.
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Membership
Board directors, member executive committee Tucson Indian Center, 1976-1981, 83—. Board directors Tucson Citizen-Police Advisory Committee. Member advisory board Fort Lowell History District, 1976-1988, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Pio Decimo Neighborhood Center, 1984-1985.
Board directors Local Alcohol Rehabilitation Center, 1978-1980, Tucson Barrio Association, 1982-1984. Member men's council Heard Museum, 1981-1982. Trustee Martha Graham Dance Company, 1985-1993.
Member Mayor and Council Downtown Preservation Ad-hoc Committee, 1990-91 Member Pima County Comprehensive Employment Training Act Private Industry Council, 1980-1982.
Society for Applied Anthropology, Royal Anthropology Institute.
Member Indian Arts and Crafts Association (charter member, treasurer, vice president, president, ethics and membership committees) 1974-1982, Society for Applied Anthropology, American Anthropological Association, Southwest Association for Indian Arts (board),Southwestern Anthropological Association, Southwest Center Advisory Board. 1992-96 University of Arizona Press Advisory Committee Founding Chair.
1992-2000 University of Arizona American Indian Scholarship Fund, 2006- Amerind Foundation, board member. Institute of American Indian Arts' Foundation Board 2010-
Connections
Married Ulla Lehtonen, 1970 (divorced 1981). Married Dolores Rivas, 1984 (Divorced 2001). Children: Kim Huong, Yuri Sakari, Santiago. Married Emmi Whitehorse.
