“They made us many promises,but they kept only one; they promised to take our land, and they did.” -Chief Mahpina Luta aka Red Cloud(1822-1909)

Indigenous people point their bows and arrows at a police helicopter flying over the occupied barrier of the Belo Monte Dam’s construction site in Vitoria do Xingu, near Altamira in northern Brazil June 15, 2012. (via Best photos of the year 2012 | Analysis & Opinion | Reuters) and windupbirdchronicle: