{"id":21028,"date":"2010-07-18T15:29:58","date_gmt":"2010-07-18T20:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=21028"},"modified":"2010-07-20T02:49:17","modified_gmt":"2010-07-20T07:49:17","slug":"battle-of-the-neches-ceremony-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=21028","title":{"rendered":"Battle of the Neches Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2010\/07\/battleoftheneches-200x150.jpg\" alt=\"Battle of the Neches Ceremony\" title=\"Battle of the Neches Ceremony\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-21268\" \/>REDLAND \u2014 The DeSoto-based American Indian Cultural Society remembered the Battle of the Neches during a weekend ceremony in Van Zandt County\u2019s Redland community. The pivotal battle spurred the wholesale exodus of Native Americans from Texas in 1839. Key event organizer Eagle Douglas says there\u2019s a renewed emphasis on maintaining the land where the battle ended \u2013which the society now owns, and where the ceremony is held each July. \u201cThe land needs to be self-sufficient so the history that is here can go on to future generations,\u201d says Douglas. The society\u2019s also working to add some new touches, possibly a library, a visiting center, and a wellness center, according to Douglas. For more information or to learn how you can help, you can contact Douglas at <a href=\"mailto:NDN1839@gmail.com\">NDN1839@gmail.com<\/a> or 214-914-1516.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>REDLAND \u2014 The DeSoto-based American Indian Cultural Society remembered the Battle of the Neches during a weekend ceremony in Van Zandt County\u2019s Redland community. The pivotal battle spurred the wholesale exodus of Native Americans from Texas in 1839. Key event organizer Eagle Douglas says there\u2019s a renewed emphasis on maintaining the land where the battle &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=21028\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Battle of the Neches Ceremony<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-06 09:20:06","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21028"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21331,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21028\/revisions\/21331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}