Potiguara

The Potiguara are an indigenous people of northeastern Brazil, associated with the coast of Paraíba and Rio Grande do Norte. Their name has been interpreted as meaning shrimp-eaters.

During the Dutch invasion of Brazil, indigenous people fought on both sides. The Potiguara leader Antônio Filipe Camarão commanded an indigenous regiment for Portugal from 1630 and led the right flank at the first battle of Guararapes in 1648; he died later that year.