“Visit of Chief Pontiac and the Indians to Major Henry Gladwin” — from Our Greater Country (1901) by Henry Davenport Northrop.
A vivid depiction of the tense and historic meeting between Chief Pontiac, leader of the Ottawa, and British Major Henry Gladwin at Detroit in 1763.
Museum of the Southeast American Indian
Contemporary Native Art
Nancy Strickland Chavis
Luncheon & Lecture
Historical Society of Topsail Island
First Americans Museum
Museum of the Southeast
American Indian
Nancy Strickland Chavis
Luncheon Lecture
November 13, 2025 11:00 AM
Nancy Strickland Chavis, a member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, is the director and curator of The Museum of the Southeast American Indian at UNC Pembroke. With over two decades in museum education, curation, and administration, she has worked at institutions including the Museum of Contemporary Native Art, the National Museum of the American Indian, and the First Americans Museum. Chavis’ curatorial work emphasizes sharing authentic stories of Indigenous peoples through art and history, notably guest-curating the To Take Shape and Meaning exhibition at the North Carolina Museum of Art.
Chavis holds a Bachelor’s in Museum Studies from the Institute of American Indian Arts, a Master’s in History from UNC Wilmington, and is completing her PhD in Public History at NC State University. She serves as a commissioner for the North Carolina American Indian Heritage Commission, was a trustee for the North Carolina Humanities Council, and has been elected to the Roanoke Island Historical Association. Chavis lives in Rowland, NC with her husband Harlen, her daughter, stepdaughter, and granddaughter.
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