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Federal Officials Believe Counterculture Group Coming To SD

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RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Federal authorities believe a counterculture group that annually meets with thousands of its members in a national forest is headed to the Black Hills this summer.

Black Hills National Forest spokesman Scott Jacobsen tells KEVN-TV in Rapid City there is a 95 percent chance the next Rainbow Gathering will be held in western South Dakota.

The annual celebration is put on by the Rainbow Family of Light each July. Last year about 8,000 members flocked to eastern Utah.

A National Incident Management Team from the U.S. Forest Service was in Rapid City on Friday to meet with federal, state and local officials to plan for a possible gathering.

The group’s creed revolves around nonviolence, and it has convened every year since 1972.

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