Hamangai Pataxo

Hamangaí Pataxó (born c.1998) is a Brazilian Indigenous rights activist. She attracted international attention when she was invited to the Young Activists Summit in Geneva. She continues to protest about the rights of indigenous people in Brazil.

Life Pataxó was born Hamangaí Marcos Melo Pataxó in about 1998 in the Brazilian state Bahia in a small village. She has both Terena and Pataxós Hã-hã-hae heritage. She has been recognised as a spokesperson and she was quoted as explaining "Our body is our territory; our belly is our temple; our veins are our rivers".

In 2015 she joined peaceful protests at Acampamento Terra Livre and in following year she joined Engajamundo which is an organisation run by young people.

In 2019 she was invited to Geneva where she joined Memory Banda from Malawi, Rebecca Kabuo from the Democratic Republic of Congo who fights for good governance, and campaigners Amy and Ella Meek from the United Kingdom at the Young Activists Summit that included the Nobel Peace laureate Nadia Murad. The six received Young Activist Awards. Pataxo featured in a Swiss profile and in her own short episode of a French series about women activists.

By 2022 she was the national coordinator of the Engajamundo organisation and contributing to protests about indigenous rights.