CRAIG D. BATES
National Park Service
Yosemite Museum
P.O. Box 577
Yosemite National Park
Yosemite, CA 95389
(209) 372-0282
craig_bates@nps.gov

Public Projects:

• Lanon Foundation grant to conduct regalia workshops at Grindstone Creek Rancheria
• Member of cultural group attending music festival and performed research with California collections in St. Petersburg, Russia
• Consultant for exhibit regarding Ute culture, Taylor Museum, Colorado Springs
• Curator of Ethnography at Yosemite Museum: research and exhibits on Yosemite native peoples (Miwok and Paiute) and history
• Consultant for exhibtion, acquisition and documentation of materials at Palmplin Museum, Oregon

Publications:

• "Tradition and Innovation: A Basket History of the Indians of the Yosemite/Mono Lake Area" (with Martha J. Lee). Yosemite; The Yosemite Association, 1990
• "The Miwok in Yosemite: Southern Miwok Life, History, and Language in the Yosemite Region". Yosemite National Park, Yosemite Association, 1996
• Craig Bates is the author of over 100 articles and monographs on western Native American materials culture and history.

Craig Bates has been listed in Directory of California Thinkers since 10-Feb-1999.