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[[Dom (honorific)|D.]] '''Antônio Filipe Camarão''' ({{circa|1580}} – 24 August 1648) was an [[Indigenous peoples in Brazil|indigenous]] soldier from the [[Potiguara people|Potiguara]] tribe near the [[Rio Grande do Norte]] area of the Portuguese [[Colonial Brazil|colony of Brazil]]. His original tribal name was Poti, which means "prawn" ({{lang-pt|camarão}}). He was born in the neighbourhood of Igapó, in [[Natal, Rio Grande do Norte|Natal]], or, according to some other historians, in the state of [[Pernambuco]], or in Aldeia Velha.
On the occasion of his conversion to the Christian faith on 13 June 1612 (the feast day of [[Anthony of Padua|Saint Anthony]]) he chose the Portuguese version of the name Antônio and the middle name of Filipe in honor of King [[Philip II of Portugal]], adding the Portuguese version of his tribal name Poti. He married the very next day in the Capela de São Miguel de [[Guajeru]] to a lady from his tribe who also converted to [[Christianity]] and took the name [[Clara Camarão|Clara]]. Besides knowing perfect [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], he was also well-versed in [[Latin]] because of his education in a missionary school led by [[Jesuit]] monks.
Since 1630, he fought against the Dutch forces who tried to take over Brazil. He fought them as the leader of an indigenous regiment on various battles until his death in 1648. The last year of his life brought him to the top of his military career as leader of the right flank of the United Portuguese Army during the [[First Battle of Guararapes]] against General [[Krzysztof Arciszewski|Arcizewski]].
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