Tennessee Valley Archaeological Research personnel are saddened by the recent and well publicized destruction of a prehistoric stone mound in Oxford Alabama. We are also disturbed by the role played by the Alabama Museum of Natural History’s Office of Archaeological Research (OAR) in facilitating the loss of this Native American sacred site. We believe that the voice of Native Americans should be heard and heeded in such matters. Although there were disagreements about the mound’s significance, we believe that there were scientific reasons for preserving it. We agree with OAR’s original assessment that the mound was an aboriginal construction but disagree with their lack of scientific significance claim. We gave evidence backed reasons for our disagreement in a presentation by Richard Krause and Keith Little at the 2009 annual meeting of the Southeastern Archaeological Conference. We totally and adamantly disagree with OAR’s reinterpretation of the mound as an erosional remnant. Such disagreements should, of course, be settled by a careful reexamination of the mound and its contents. Unfortunately, OAR’s reinterpretation seems to have led to the destruction of any such evidence. Thus, we are restricted by the lack of additional evidence to a reaffirmation of the opinion of all but one of the region’s archaeologists who have examined the site and conclude that it was constructed by Native Americans and sanctified by their use. We sincerely regret the loss of a sacred Native American monument and a significant archaeological site.