Saturday Speaker Series

Monthly Programs Sponsored by the Humboldt County Historical Society

HCHS Events: Saturday Speaker Series

Saturday Lecture Programs are sponsored and organized by the Humboldt County Historical Society in partnership with the Clarke Historical Museum. They are hosted at the Museum (240 E Street, Eureka) on the first Saturday of every month. The programs are always FREE but seating is limited - come early to reserve a seat!

All lectures will be available in person and online
unless otherwise announced.

For more information about lectures, please click here to access the Clarke’s event page. As of January 2024, separate announcements
will no longer be posted on the HCHS web site.

 
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A Brief Ethnohistory of the Mattole by Jamie Roscoe

Jamie Roscoe is an HCHS past president, archaeologist and lecturer at Cal Poly Humboldt and College of the Redwoods. He founded the Cultural Resources Facility at Cal Poly, which provides assistance to state, federal and local agencies, tribes and private entities on a variety of cultural resource investigations. Working closely with representatives of the local tribes, he has completed CRM investigations on over 600 project areas in Northern California.

The lecture will be hosted via Zoom by the Humboldt County Library and can be viewed from the safety and comfort of home on a personal computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone. The deadline to sign up for access to the lecture is 5 PM on the Friday before the lecture. Upon registration, participants will receive the meeting ID and password. Click here to register!

Taralash, a member of the Mattole Indian tribe. He was known to white settlers as Joe Duncan, and was one of the last surviving speakers of his native language.