Patrícia Pankararé
Patrícia Pankararé (Elaine Patricia De Sousa Oliveira) is an Indigenous researcher at the Center for Research on Ethnicities, Social Movements, and Education (OPARÁ). She is a professor at the PARFOR Equidade High School, Opará Campus XXVI, a member of SABEH and researcher with Nova Cartografia Social. She holds a postgraduate degree in Indigenous School Education, Afro-Brazilian History and Culture, and Educational Management, as well as a Master’s degree in History, African Studies, Indigenous Peoples, and Black Cultures from the PPGEAFIN program at UNEB. She serves as Vice President of the State Council for the Rights of Indigenous Peoples of Bahia (COPIBA/SEPROMI), General Co-Coordinator of the United Movement of Indigenous Peoples of Bahia (MUPOIBA), and Indigenous Administrator of the Angelo Pereira Xavier State Indigenous School in the village of Pankararé. She is a legal Representative of the Pankararé Indigenous Women’s Organization (OMIPA) and Vice President of the Pankararé Indigenous Community Association. She is a CNPI Council Member representing Bahia within the APOINME jurisdiction. She is a coordinator of the “Daughters of Ancestry” project, Founder of the Bahia Indigenous Women’s Network—“Daughters of Ancestry” and Political coordinator for Indigenous women in the “Cunhã Crodí” project.