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	Circle Of Light - Rainbow Family of the Living Light - Kind Community Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The Rainbow Family of Living Light, sometimes known as the "Rainbow Tribe", is an international loose affiliation of individuals who have a common goal of trying to achieve peace and love on Earth.
		Rainbow family participants make the claim that their group is the "largest non-organization of non-members in the world".
		It may be that there have been gatherings before or since the "first" rainbow gathering in 1972 that may not have called themselves rainbow gatherings but were of the same spirit.
	www.welcomehere.org (666 words)

	GABE KIRCHHEIMER: PHOTO + JOURNALIST (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Born as a non-political alternative to the mass gatherings of the time, the first Rainbow Gathering took place in 1972 in a remote Colorado wilderness, drawing some 35,000 adventurers to a new American tribal event.
		The mainstream American media and federal authorities are fond of characterizing the Rainbow People's struggle to maintain their cultural traditions as the throwback efforts of misguided "hippies," but this simplistic picture is a disservice to the many thousands of participants and their noble environmental ideals.
		The harassment of Rainbow People, who are fighting to preserve the constitutional right of assembly for all Americans, continues to escalate along with the recent erosion of civil liberties in general.
	www.gabekphoto.com /text/rainbow_gathering.htm (580 words)

	Love, peace, diversity - and no potties (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Carla D'Amato is a Rainbow Gathering veteran, which is to say she has already felt the universal consciousness of a mountainside full of people chanting "om" while being bitten by mosquitoes.
		Rainbow Family members dig their own latrines and, despite the fact that the gathering is what Goodtimes calls an "anarchistic event," members police themselves.
		Although The Rainbow Family of Living Light is actually a nonorganization with no hierarchy or membership rolls, rules for running a safe, organized annual Gathering have evolved over the past 30 years to avoid past environmental and health mishaps such as the food poisoning outbreak in 1987 at a Gathering in North Carolina.
	www.rickross.com /reference/rainbow/rainbow13.html (954 words)

	Rainbow Family Gathering
		The rainbow family of living light is made up of people from all walks of life, each coming home together as one human family gathering together on the land.
		Many people feel that "Rainbow" is a place within your mind and heart; and have felt "Rainbowy" for lack of a better word all of their lives.
		For me personally, the Rainbow Family is where I have found my greatest opportunities to learn, to grow, to celebrate, to be one with my fellow beings and my mother Earth, to serve, to pray, to play.
	msnusers.com /RainbowFamilyGathering (1092 words)

	Rainbow Gathering What is it?
		A Rainbow Gathering is dependent on the passing of the Magic Hat.
		Rainbow Gathering is a nurturing process for the body, mind, soul, and spirit of those who attend.
		The Kitchen at the gathering as in many families are the center of the home.
	www.artnetwork.com /rainbow/about.html (309 words)

	Rainbow Family - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Rainbow family participants make the claim that their group is the "largest non-organization of non-members in the world".
		The first Gathering occurred in San Francisco, California in 1969, but was not widely known as "the Rainbow Gathering" until 1972.
		All Rainbow Gatherings are held with an open invitation to people of all walks of life, and of all beliefs, to share experiences, love, dance, songs, food and learning.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rainbow_Family (462 words)

	Rainbow Gathering 1996
		I have attended 5 Rainbow Gatherings and 21 years ago I lived in a little commune called "The Garden of Joy Blues" which used to be less than 10 miles from this years site.
		Rainbow Gatherings are about the future, and it is our commitment to bring that vision into reality that we are about.
		We gather to renew our spirit and to reaffirm our commitment to the vision of a better planet and to share our strengths and ideas so that after we are long forgotten, our vision will live on, that some day we to will walk among the stars.
	www.perkel.com /rainbow/index.htm (1066 words)

	Modoc National Forest - Recreational Activities - Gathering Questions and Answers
		Gatherings are held in rural areas, usually some distance from the nearest town.
		The climax of the Gathering is on July 4, when participants gather in one place to pray for world peace and mother earth.
		We will also be using a special fire prevention team to help Gathering participants understand the need to be cautious in their use of fire, and a special uses team that will work with Rainbows to best meet the terms of the permit.
	www.fs.fed.us /r5/modoc/recreation/rainbows/rainbow-questions-answers.htm (735 words)

	the unofficial kenosharainbow webpage
		All over the world, the Rainbow Family is gathering locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally to live in peace and harmony, love and light.
		The Rainbow Family is an all-inclusive group of people, accepting everyone regardless of race, religion, class or creed, that gather together to love each other as brothers and sisters, and to walk lightly on the earth.
		Rainbow is not an organization and has no official leaders or members; we organize by council and concensus.
	www.geocities.com /kenosharainbow (403 words)

	Rocky Mountain News: Local
		Last month, the Rainbow Family was denied a permit to use the forest for their annual gathering because of the high fire danger.
		The Rainbow Family gathering is scheduled to end Friday, although a number of those at the event are expected to start leaving Wednesday.
		Ritschard said she had heard that it is customary for some Rainbow Family members to stay behind after the gathering ends to help clean up and reclaim the land.
	www.rockymountainnews.com /drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4820900,00.html (766 words)

	The Steamboat Pilot & Today: Rainbow Gathering update (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Rainbow meeting with the Forest Service -- On June 27, the Forest Supervisor and several Forest Service employees met with a contingent of the Rainbow gathering to discuss issues related to the illegal gathering.
		Rainbow participants acknowledged that the site chosen by them presents problems for the safety of gathering participants, adjacent residents, and recreationists who would need to egress along the one road out during an emergency.
		The application for a special use permit authorizing the large gathering was denied by the Forest Service in large part due to fire danger and the road system is inadequate to evacuate such a large number of people in case of an emergency.
	www.steamboatpilot.com /section/archive/story/37954 (807 words)

	Internet Archive: Details: 2000 Rainbow Gathering (Montana)
		The rainbow family of living light is said to be made up of tribes and families and people from all walks coming home together as one human family gathering together on the land.
		There have been gatherings called Rainbow Gatherings since at least 1972, and there has been at least one large gathering of the tribes every year in the US on public land around the 4th of July since then.
		There are also gatherings in many parts of the world, in different countries and continents, and even world gatherings.
	www.archive.org /details/2000_Rainbow_Montana (553 words)

	Ridgway's Rainbow Invasion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The Rainbows, with no "formal" organization or leadership, were still able to make an "official press release" in early June announcing their "official" dates and location for the 1999 Gathering.
		The Rainbows call it the "largest use of public forests in the United States." The Rainbows claim the crime impact of the Gathering is very low considering the relative size of the population attending the event.
		Few considered the positive economic growth that would occur during the Gathering, but soon the local retailers and restaurant owners were singing the praises of the "Rainbow dollar." If the estimated 25,000 coming into the area spent at least $10 to $15, it would translate into at least $300,000 of revenue into the community.
	www.angelfire.com /va/godandcountry/rainbow.html (4353 words)

	cbs4denver.com - Crowd Swells At Rainbow Family Gathering
		The Rainbow Family is a loose affiliation of hippies who choose a National Forest each year to hold a weeklong national gathering.
		Before Saturday's official start of the gathering, law enforcement reported three scuffles with members of the Rainbow Family, including one that slightly injured three Forest Service officials.
		Rainbow Family members say they always leave some members behind after the gathering to reseed damaged areas, cover all fire pits and remove bridges created over streams.
	cbs4denver.com /topstories/local_story_184164208.html (447 words)

	Ontario Rainbow Family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The Warriors of the Rainbow would spread these messages and teach all peoples of the Earth or Elohi.
		The Warriors of the Rainbow would show the peoples that this Ancient Being (the Great Spirit), is full of love and understanding, and teach them how to make the Earth or Elohi beautiful again.
		The Warriors of the Rainbow would teach the people of the ancient practices of Unity, Love and Understanding.
	groups.msn.com /OntarioRainbowFamily (789 words)

	2005 Rainbow Gathering : DigitizeThis.com, Travelogue
		The Rainbow Gathering is effectively the largest annual hippie get-together in the US (non-music festival), and occurs every year from July 1-7, no matter when the days fall.
		The purpose of the gathering is summarized on WelcomeHome.org thus:
		To eat at the Gathering, all you basically need is a bowl, spoon, cup and some dollars to throw into magic hats (or time to donate).
	digitizethis.com /travelogue/2005_rainbow/index.html (2091 words)

	Mirapuri Rainbow Gathering
		The Mirapuri Rainbow Gathering 2006 is a ten days event from 4.8.2006 - 13.8.2006 for all who want to be together in the aspiration for a better future of love and peace, in the new consciousness atmosphere and the beautiful land of Mirapuri - the City of Peace and Future Man in Europe, Italy.
		The Mirapuri Rainbow Gathering evolves through its own dynamics and creativity and everyone is invited to contribute spiritually, artistically and materially for a happy and inspiring community experience.
		In addition to the spontaneous expressions at the Mirapuri Rainbow Gathering there are non-obligatory possibilities to join the Spirit of Woodstock Festival in Mirapuri and the Mirapuri Meditation at the Miravinci.
	www.mirapuri-enterprises.com /RainbowGathering/index.shtml (1038 words)

	The First Rainbow Gathering, Chapter 5, By Phil Coyote - Hippiedom - Hippyland
		When we were done, a rainbow appeared which stretched west to east from the garden to a tree stump on the hill.
		He was in the middle of a beautiful hippie gathering, on his land high in the Rockies, by Strawberry Lake.
		I felt happy inside that she had come to the gathering, feeling that she was connecting once again with the original meaning of the hippy movement, peace and love.
	www.hippy.com /php/article-264.html (3166 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation -- Crowd swells at Rainbow Family gathering
		STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. – The number of campers at the Rainbow Family's annual gathering in northern Colorado swelled to about 10,000 over the weekend, but there were no reports of clashes between campers and law enforcement, the National Forest Service said Monday.
		The Rainbow Family is a loose affiliation of hippies who choose a forest each year in which hold a weeklong national gathering.
		Before the official start of the gathering Saturday, law enforcers reported three scuffles with Rainbow Family members, including one that slightly injured three Forest Service officials.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/nation/20060703-2030-rainbowfamily.html (391 words)

	2006 Annual World Family Gathering - Rainbow Family of the Living Light: Un-Official Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The 2006 World Rainbow Family Gathering will be celebrated in the beautiful State of Colorado, July 1st thru 7th, 2006.
		Location of the gathering site will be decided and announced sometime in the first weeks of June 2006.
		This is a low impact gathering, respect the Earth and tread lightly on this pristine reserve.
	welcomehere.org /gathering_of_the_tribes/annual (1082 words)

	Rainbow Guide - Rainbow Family of Living Light - Rainbow Guide Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Hopefully, after the Gathering is over and everyone has moved off the site, this Guide can help you stay connected with those who have shared the Rainbow vision.
		The Rainbow Guide is not authorized by or affiliated with any group of individuals other than those who staffed or contributed to The Rainbow Guide itself.
		The Rainbow Guide is a freely printed publication of Rainbow friends, tribes, communities and co-ops world over, and has been in public circulation for many years.
	rainbowguide.info (671 words)

	Rainbow Family Gathering
		Specifically, the Rainbows were ticketed for non-permitted group use of Forest Service land by 75 or more people, a regulation that was enacted specifically to address Rainbow Gatherings, after two similarly aimed regulations were struck down in court.
		Fire rings and latrines were being filled in, rocks and gathered wood dispersed through the forest, footpaths raked to loosen compacted soil and native seed mix planted in areas where vegetation was either trampled by thousands of feet or disturbed by parked cars along the camp's perimeter.
		Rainbow gatherers pride themselves on being gentle to the land as well as taking care of themselves without outside intervention, gatherers said.
	www.sonoran-sunsets.com /rainbow.html (17861 words)

	Rainbow Gathering - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gatherings in Europe do not have "A-Camps." Some gatherings in Canada have "A-Camps" and some do not.
		Wine is tolerated in moderation at the European gatherings.
		This was debunked by Michael I. Niman in his 1996 People of the Rainbow: A Nomadic Utopia, which traced the supposed Hopi prophecies to Warriors of the Rainbow by William Willoya and Vinson Brown, a 1962 book with an evangelical slant which could be considered negative towards the Hopi.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rainbow_Gathering (2713 words)

	1ST RAINBOW GATHERING Granby, Colorado 1972 white buffalo upstate multi media enterprises
		The Woodstock Festival of '69 inspired the 1st Rainbow Gathering, attracting tens of thousands to celebrate their connection to the earth and to each other.
		Rainbow Gatherings continue today, all over the world.
		The prophecy says that the great-great grandchildren of the white conqueror would grow their hair long and rebel against society, travel east and west, gather in the mountains under the symbol of the White Buffalo.
	www.woodstockmuseum.com /1st_rainbow.html (487 words)

	2005 Rainbow Gathering : DigitizeThis.com, Travelogue
		The Rainbow Gathering is effectively the largest annual hippie get-together in the US (non-music festival), and occurs every year from July 1-7, no matter when the days fall.
		The purpose of the gathering is summarized on WelcomeHome.org thus:
		To eat at the Gathering, all you basically need is a bowl, spoon, cup and some dollars to throw into magic hats (or time to donate).
	www.digitizethis.com /travelogue/2005_rainbow (2091 words)

	Rainbow Gathering of the Tribes 2006: Roadblock Photos
		it is the destiny [•] of the Rainbow Family to reject all concepts of property ownership as it applies to life and the earth, as well as nationalism and all other false constructs.
		Tim Lynn, the Incident Commander, testified against her saying that the Rainbows were a group and that the Forest Service determined the gathering to be illegal.
		I am especially interested in helping those who pled not guilty to gathering tickets (“use and occupancy of a National Forest without a permit to do so”), little shit marijuana busts and especially those who were arrested simply because they could not produce their ID in the woods.
	www.gnn.tv /threads/17484/Rainbow_Gathering_of_the_Tribes_2006_Roadblock_Photos (3382 words)

	Conference Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The annual Rainbow Family of Light Gathering of the Tribes draws some 20,000 people for a week-long backwoods celebration of '60s values.
		This year's gathering is expected to draw fewer people, perhaps 15,000 total, due to the group's legal battles over the need for permits for the event.
		The Rainbow Gathering is not the only evidence of the modern America's tie-dyed diversity.
	www.spring.net /yapp-bin/public/read/farm/22 (243 words)

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