Geordy Marshall

Geordy Marshall is from Eskasoni First Nation in Unama’ki. His first language is Mi’kmaw, and he is the Mi’kmaw Language Specialist for Mi’kmawey Debert Cultural Centre. Geordy was raised with the influence of the late Kji Keptin Alex Denny and his Late Grandparents Malian and Joe B Marshall, he also learned a lot from the Late Murdena Marshall, and with their combined efforts, Geordy worked his whole life serving the needs of his community and people. In 2016, Geordy Marshall and the Late Sherise Paul collaborated to establish a Pride Organization in Eskasoni, and established the first Pride Festival in Eskasoni that year. Later on, Geordy went on to become a chef to establish technical guidance for his passion for learning Mi’kmaw ways of cooking and eating, and using netukulimk as the backbone of his existence, and how he engages with the world around him.

Geordy Marshall is currently working on the language needs for exhibits and the future centre, striving to reconcile the Mi’kmaw Language by uncovering truths of the origin of word parts, and discovering new things like regional accents, ancient words without apparently known word parts, and discovering the truth of the philosophy of the language used, based on the knowledge passed on to him by his predecessors. Geordy doesn’t claim to be a language expert, but is very passionate about working on the language, and will do so for the rest of his life.