The High Plains Indian Settlement is located among the rolling hills found between the waters of the Hyco River, Mayo Creek, and Bluewing Creek. The Sappony have been in the High Plains Settlement for well over 250 years and in the Piedmont area of North Carolina and Virginia for countless generations.

In 1728, a Sappony Indian named Ned Bearskin guided and fed the surveying party of William Byrd when he originally surveyed the border between North Carolina and Virginia. The same North Carolina-Virginia borderline that Bearskin helped to define runs through the heart of this close-knit Indian community, which is part of the southeastern section of Halifax County, Virginia and the northeastern section of Person County, North Carolina.

Today, the nearest town to High Plains is Virgilina, however, the town of Christie, when it maintained a post office, was the center of High Plains. The town name of Christie has its roots in Sappony history. When the Sappony occupied the area of Fort Christanna, they became known as the Christie Indians. When our tribal members moved from the Fort Christie area, the name Christie followed.