With Nancy Strickland Chavis, Director and Curator of The Museum of the Southeast American Indian, UNC - Pembroke

This talk will explore how the longleaf pine, a native tree of the Southeast, provides food, medicine, and craft materials for various tribes such as the Lumbee, the Waccamaw Siouan, and the Coharie. Nancy Chavis will share examples of how the longleaf pine was historically used and continues to be used today in various aspects of tribal life, culture, and history.