Aiyyana Maracle (25 November 1950 – 24 April 2016) was a Haudenosaunee performance artist, activist, theatre director, scholar, and educator.
[4] When her father was denied official status under the Indian Act, her family was forced to leave Six Nations and assimilate into urban society.
In 2012, she co-founded Gender Journey, a peer support group out of Grand River Community Health Centre in Brantford, Ontario.
She completed university transfer courses (including physics, chemistry, math, English and Spanish) in 1984 at Vancouver Community College, Langara campus.
In 2006, she received a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) (with a specialization in interdisciplinary media) from Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont.
[8] She also handmade numerous garments and accessories such as fur headpieces, masks, dresses, robes, skirts, jackets, jewelry, and metal nipples to wear during performances.