Artemisa Xakriabá
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Artemisa Xakriabá | |
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| Born | Artemisa Barbosa Ribeiro São João das Missões, Brazil |
| Occupation(s) | Psychology student, Environmental Activist, Human rights activist |
Artemisa Barbosa Ribeiro (known as Artemisa Xakriabá) is a Brazilian human rights activist.[1] A leader of the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil, her work focuses on the Amazon jungle and environmental destruction.[2]
Artemisa Xakriabá belongs to the Xacriabas indigenous people located in the north of the state of Minas Gerais,[2][3] 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.[1][2]
She is a representative of the indigenous and traditional communities that are part of the Global Alliance of Territorial Communities.[4]
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.[5]
Artemisa spoke at the global climate strike held on Friday, September 20, 2019, in New York,[2][3] before thousands of young people around the world mobilized by global warming and climate change, which concluded with comments from indigenous leaders, activists and organizers.[6] On this occasion, she was dressed in the headdress of her ethnic group, a feather headband and parts of her body and face painted.[2]
She was present at the Climate Action Summit convened by the UN together with Greta Thunberg.[7] She also accompanied Thunberg to demand solutions from the United States Congress in Washington, D.C.[8] 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.[9]
She lives in Ribeirão Preto, where she studies psychology and music.[2]
