Most were members of the Rainbow Family, a loosely knit spiritual group that wanders the country.
The Rainbow Family has built an "Info Booth" and a free kitchen.
Rainbow Family, a group committed to principles of non-violence and non-hierarchical egalitarianism.
Their chanting completed, the members of the Rainbow Family passed without incident through the courthouse's metal detectors, only to be held up at the courtroom door.
The environmental impact of the Rainbow Family is often significant, easily overwhelming the meager resources available at most National Forest campgrounds.
Since 1972 the Rainbow Family has annually disrupted life in the remote areas where they have descended.
This year the Rainbow Family picked a particularly volatile site.
He then became the last of twelve children adopted into Baker's Rainbow Family.
The Rainbow Family has successfully governed Gatherings of up to 30,000 people .
Texas had made it clear that it did not want the Rainbow Family here this year.