The Sappony are one of North Carolina’s eight state-recognized American Indian tribes. Our traditional homelands are in the High Plains Settlement along the North Carolina – Virginia boundary line and we have inhabited the rolling hills of Person County, NC and Halifax County, VA since the early 1700’s. We settled this area before state lines were drawn, and in fact, helped draw the boundary line in 1728 when Sappony Ned Bearskin led William Byrd’s surveying party through the region.
