Mark Bahti

Mark Bahti grew up in the Indian Arts business, has a Masters in American Indian Studies from the University of Arizona and is a Fellow of the Society for Applied Anthropology and author of numerous books on the tribes of the Southwest, including Spirit in the Stone – A Handbook of Southwest Indian Animal Carvings and Beliefs. He is chair of the American Indian Arts Foundation in Santa Fe and serves on the board of the Amerind Foundation and the Southwest Association for Indian Arts, the organization that runs the famed Santa Fe Indian Market.