by Daniel N. Paul, CM, ONS, Mi’kmaw Elder & Historian

Cathy Martin, Then and Now

On Friday, March 29, 2002, I had published in the Halifax Herald a column I wrote about the achievements of Millbrook Mi’kmaw Community member Cathy Martin. After you’ve read the column I’ll update you on some of her awesome achievements since.

Martin: pursuing her film making dream

ON MARCH 8, 1958, while residing in Pompano Beach, Fla., Ben and Jean (Johnson) Martin welcomed Cathy, the third of their eight children, three boys and five girls. Her birth in this subtropical land resulted from Ben leaving Nova Scotia in 1949 – during the mass exodus of Maritime Mi’kmaq to Boston and other faraway places – in search of a better life. After working for a few years in Beantown, Ben joined the United States Marines and was based in Florida by 1958. The family retu ...