Rainbow Family Origins
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.
Stories
- 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- A brief excerp from Jodey Bateman's unpublished book on the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 :-)
- Jodey's Rainbow Life Stories
- Jodey recently made his interviews publically available,
and many of these talk about the origins of Rainbow.
- 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.
Videos
All of these videos are available YouTube,
but I keep copies here so they never get lost.
- Rainbow Origins 2016 Vermont
- Rainbow "Earlies" who attended the first Rainbow Gatherings
share stories about the origins of the Rainbow Family. This was
recorded July 3rd at the 2016 Annual Gathering of the Tribes in
Vermont.
- Rainbow Origins 2017 Oregon
- Rainbow "Earlies" who attended the first Rainbow Gatherings
share stories about the origins of the Rainbow Family. This was
recorded July 3rd at the 2017 Annual Gathering of the Tribes in
Oregon.
- Granby, CO, 1972
- 1st Rainbow Gathering
- Vortex
- A few documentarties about Vortex I.