Rainbow Family Hipstory

All the gathering sites: This is a list of all the gathering sites from 1972 to now. This list is also becoming the main index for photos, media articles, legal documents, howdy folks, and heartsongs, organized by each year. European sites are also listed.
Native American Prophecies: This is a collection of different versions of the Native America Prophecies that talk about the coming of the Rainbow Tribe. Included are various interpretations of the Hopi prophecies, as well as other tribes.
Rainbow Family Bookshelf: This is a collection of books written about the Rainbow Family, or by Rainbows put together by Henry The Fiddler.
Grey Eagle Archive: Grey Eagle was a prolific photographer of many early Gatherings, and after he passed, people poocessed all his historical slides into this photo gallery. (no nudity)
Photo Gallery: These are photos from a variety of gatherings, mostly Colorado regionals and some recent North American Annuals. Just a note for folks coming into this page from other links, there is no nudity in any of these pictures. I've noticed a huge increase in access here cause of cross links from other sites.
Media Coverage: This is a collection of articles from magazines, newspapers and TV that talk about the Rainbow Gatherings.
A collection of Howdy Folks: A collection of Howdy folks from various regionals. Current Howdy Folks are also here.
Creative Philosophy and Sociology of the Law of Peace: Legal HipStory for Religious Use Defense under Religous Freedom Restoration Act (my legal perspective)
by Barry Adams, Montana Family, beaplunker (c. 1996) edited by S. Bradford
Jesus and Satan: Plunker mets Jesus and Satan both on the trail at the first Rainbow Gathering.
Shanti Sena Hipstory

Origins of the Rainbow Tribe

The birth of the Rainbow Family is deeply intertwined with other events of the late sixties and early seventies. Some say we got started at Woodstock, some say we got started at the Human Be-in. The easiest thing to say is that the name Rainbow Family got started at the Vortex Biodegradable Festival of Life in Oregon. That led to folks getting together to eventually sponsor the first World Family Gathering in 1972 in Colorado. After that we've continued to gather every year in the National Forests in North America, and now other Rainbow gatherings are happening all over the world.

Roots of the Rainbow: A short attempt to explain the origins of the Rainbow Family.
Armageddon Postponed: Excerpt from Rolling Stone about the first Rainbow Gathering in 1972 by Granby, Colorado
Wherever Two Are Gathered: A letter from Jodey to the 1988 All Ways Free where he talks about how the Gatherings got started.
Further Letters On Rainbow's Origins - Part I: A brief excerp from Jodey Bateman's unpublished book on the Rainbow Family. This is from the introduction about the context of the times when Barry Plunker (of Marble Mount Outlaws) met up with Garrick Beck (of Temple Tribe) and they began to plan the first gathering.
Further Letters On Rainbow's Origins - Part II: Another letter from Jodey to the 1988 All Ways Free where he talks about how the Gatherings got started in the Nederland, CO area. (where this web server is :-)
Further Letters On Rainbow's Origins - Part III: Several short letters from Rainbow Hawk about the origin of the Rainbow Family.
Morningstar Ranch: The Morningstar Ranch was an early experiment in a tottally open, communal living. There was alot of Digger energy, and other folks that were also heavily involved in the early gatherings.