Where does the name Rainbow Warrior come from?
Bob Hunter, one of the founders of Greenpeace, tells a story in his book, Warriors of the Rainbow, about how this legend crossed his path. On the first voyage of a Greenpeace ship, the Phyllis Cormack, Bob had taken on board a small book of Indian myths and legends that contained some striking prophesies. The book itself had been given him by an old wandering native American who had told him the book would “change his life” — something which prompted a bit of cynicism in the Canadian journalist, who tossed the book into a box and forgot about it. But he stocked the Phyllis Cormack with reading material for the voyage, and one stormy evening he said the book literally jumped off the shelf into his hands, and he read it. A chapter that particularly inspired Hunter related a story an old Cree Indian woman, ‘Eyes of Fire’ told to her great grandson. Just as they were being overthrown, The Cree Indian people foresaw a time when the white man’s materialistic ways would strip the earth of it
Bob Hunter, one of the founders of Greenpeace, tells a story in his book,Warriors of the Rainbow, about how this legend crossed his path. On the first voyage of a Greenpeace ship, the Phyllis Cormack, Bobhad taken on board a small book of Indian myths and legends thatcontained some striking prophesies. The book itself had been given himby an old wandering native American who had told him the book would”change his life” — something which prompted a bit of cynicism in theCanadian journalist, who tossed the book into a box and forgot aboutit. But he stocked the Phyllis Cormack with reading material for thevoyage, and one stormy evening he said the book literally jumped offthe shelf into his hands, and he read it. A chapter that particularly inspired Hunter related a story an oldCree Indian woman, ‘Eyes of Fire’ told to her great grandson. Just asthey were being overthrown, The Cree Indian people foresaw a time whenthe white man’s materialistic ways would strip the earth of itsresources,
