The history of the Sand Hill Indians livin g on the northern shores of Monmouth County can be traced back to the 1700 s. Due to relentless land encroachment\, Cherokee groups were gradually fo rced out of their homelands in Georgia. In the late 1700s\, the Cherokee R ichardsons migrated to New Jersey and New York to live with their Lenape c ousins\, 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.
\nClaire Garland is the Director of the Sand Hill Indian Historical Assoc iation. She is also a Historical Resource Person for the NJ Commission on American Indian Affairs\, winner of the NJHC Award for Recognition for Con tributions to NJ History\, and author of \;Indian Summer at Sand H ill. \;She will discuss their history in Monmouth County during t he last two centuries\, and the current efforts in preserving Native Ameri can heritage &\; history. She will discuss the history of the Sand Hill Indians in Monmouth County during the last two centuries\, and the curren t efforts in preserving Native American heritage &\; history.
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