Oyster River Marker Roundtable

Oyster River Massacre Marker - Roundtable Discussion

Sponsored by the Durham Historic District/Heritage Commission (HDC)

Thursday, January 18, 2024 - 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.

Town Council Chambers, Durham Town Hall

8 Newmarket Road

AGENDA

1. Welcome – Larry Brickner-Wood, HDC Chair
2. Introductions (10 minutes)  
3. Overview of Meeting Goals – Charlotte Bacon and Barbara Will of MontgomeryWill (5 minutes)
4. Ground Rules and Process (5 minutes)  
5. Discussion (1-1/2 hours)   
6. Summary of Discussion and Plan for Meeting #2 (10 minutes)
7. Adjournment

Rough estimates of the time for each item are shown in parentheses.  These are only estimates and the item may take more or less time.

Please Note:

Comments.  This is a public meeting but there will not be an opportunity for the general public to make comments at the meeting.  Please feel free to send any comments or questions to the Town Planner at mbehrendt@ci.durham.nh.us.  Pertinent comments will be shared with participants in the roundtable and posted on the Town’s website at:  https://www.ci.durham.nh.us/boc_historic/oyster-river-massacre-marker.

Zoom.  See the upper left corner on the front of the Town’s website for the Zoom link.  The public can watch on Zoom but there is not an opportunity to participate on Zoom.

Follow-up meetings.  Additional meetings will be held on February 15 and March 21.

Participants.  The discussions will be facilitated by Charlotte Bacon and Barbara Will of MontgomeryWill.  Participants in the roundtable discussion are shown on the next page. 

Chair/Facilitators

• Larry Brickner-Wood, chair of the HDC, will chair the discussions.
• Charlotte Bacon, of Montgomery Will, will facilitate the discussions.
• Barbara Will, of Montgomery Will, will facilitate the discussions.

Durham Historic District/Heritage Commission (HDC)

• Jennifer Becker
• Carolyn Singer

Durham Human Rights Commission

• Richard Belshaw
• Janet Perkins-Howland

(Kathy Collins as an alternate)

Durham Historic Association (DHA)

• Steve Eames
• Janet Mackie

(Nancy Sandberg as an alternate)

New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources (NHDHR)

• Amy Dixon, Community Preservation Coordinator
• Nadine Miller, Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer

New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT)

• Sheila Charles, Cultural Resources Program Specialist/Archaeologist
• Jill Edelmann, Cultural Resources Program Manager

New Hampshire Commission on Native American Affairs

• Anne Jennison, chair

Indigenous New Hampshire Collaborative Collective and Cowasuck Band of the Pennacook Abenaki People

• Denise Pouliot, member of the Cowasuck Band