The Sand Hill Indian community of Monmouth County during the last two centuries and the current efforts to preserve Native American heritage & history.
The history of the Sand Hill Indians living on the northern shores of Monmouth County can be traced back to the 1700s. Due to relentless land encroachment, Cherokee groups were gradually forced out of their homelands in Georgia. In the late 1700s, the Cherokee Richardsons migrated to New Jersey and New York to live with their Lenape cousins, the Reveys. The merging of these two tribes became the Sand Hill Indians, named for a hill on their 15-acre property in Asbury Park.
Claire Garland is the Director of the Sand Hill Indian Historical Association. She is also a Historical Resource Person for the NJ Commission on American Indian Affairs, winner of the NJHC Award for Recognition for Contributions to NJ History, and author of Indian Summer at Sand Hill. She will discuss their history in Monmouth County during the last two centuries, and the current efforts in preserving Native American heritage & history. She will discuss the history of the Sand Hill Indians in Monmouth County during the last two centuries, and the current efforts in preserving Native American heritage & history.
The Main Library on Plainfield Avenue next to the Edison Train Station. The library offers an extensive children’s room, a Meeting Room/Event Space, and a dedicated Maker Space.
