NMNH A61057
(Plaster Cast)

As of September 1, 2024, we have removed from the Bannerstone Project website images and metadata from bannerstones D/142, D/144, D/146, D/147 of the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) and from A61057, A61058, and A61059 of the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) as we seek advice and perspectives from Indigenous tribes. What makes these bannerstones different from the others on this website is that they are known to have been taken from a mound in a separate location from, though in proximity to, burials. Following the newly revised NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act), we have reached out to the culturally affiliated Seminole Tribe of Florida, the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians, and the Muscogee Nation of the Tomoko Creek for their perspectives and advice regarding these bannerstones.

In response to our communications, in May of 2025 The Seminole Tribe of Florida Tribal Historic Preservation Office has requested in accordance with NAGPRA regulations (43 CFR 10.2 and 43 CFR 10.1(d)) that we permanently remove all images and metadata concerning these four bannerstones stones from the Bannerstone Project website. According to Dominique deBeaubien, Collections and Repatriation Program Manager of the tribe, “further research, including publication of images, may not proceed without the Free, Prior, and Informed Consent of all potentially culturally affiliated Tribes.”