Thad M. Van Bueren earned a B.A  and M.A. from San Francisco State University in the field of Anthropology. As a professional archaeologist he has worked to protect and mitigate impacts to prehistoric and historical resources in California for development projects that must comply with environmental laws.  Mr Van Bueren will give a talk titled, “First Nations in the Westport Area During the Historic Era” and will focus on his investigations of First Nation campsites surrounding the northern outpost of the Mendocino Reservation in the 1860s and early 1870s.  A question and answer period will follow.