Artemisa Xakriabá

Artemisa Barbosa Ribeiro (known as Artemisa Xakriabá) is a Brazilian human rights activist. A leader of the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil, her work focuses on the Amazon jungle and environmental destruction. in the southeast of Brazil. She has expressed the problems suffered by her community in the fight to protect its territory from environmental damage from mining.

On several occasions, she denounced Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for his policies regarding the Amazon and for the government's refusal to take measures to protect the Amazon forest.

Artemisa spoke at the global climate strike held on Friday, September 20, 2019, in New York, On this occasion, she was dressed in the headdress of her ethnic group, a feather headband and parts of her body and face painted. She also accompanied Thunberg to demand solutions from the United States Congress in Washington, D.C. With determination, she managed to reach several US senators and deputies to present an open letter from the indigenous people who make up the Global Alliance of Territorial Communities.

She lives in Ribeirão Preto, where she studies psychology and music.