Donald Marshall Jr , waxa uu ku dhashay Sebtembar 13, 1953 magaalada Sydney, Nova Scotia, waxa uu ahaa nin Mi’kmaq ah oo u dhashay Canada kaas oo lagu eedeeyay in uu dilay Sandy Seale oo ay garanayeen isaga oo todoba iyo toban jir ah. Marshall iyo Sele waxay ku wada socdeen Wentworth Park qoob ka dib. Wax yar ka dib, waxaa u yimid Roy Ebsary iyo Jimmy MacNeil, kuwaas oo waydiistay iftiin. Intii uu socday iska horimaadkaas xigay, Seale waa la dilay.

Marshall waa la xiray oo lagu eedeeyay dilka, waxaana la xukumay wax ka yar lix bilood ka dib. Si kastaba ha ahaatee, Marshall ma ahayn dembiga dilka Seale. Waxa uu ku qaatay kow iyo toban sano oo xabsi ah ka hor inta aan lagu sii dayn sii-daynta sharafeed 1982. Ebsary, oo u muuqday inuu ahaa gacan-ku-dhiiglaha dhabta ah, ayaa lagu helay dembi dil ah oo lagu xukumay saddex sano ah.

Sannadkii 1990, Marshall ayaa laga saaray. komishan boqortooyo, ka dibna waxa la siiyay $700,000 oo magdhow ah.

2007, waxa uu guursaday Colleen D'Orsay, kaas oo, 2008, sheegay in Marshall uu helay kaliya $156,000 oo magdhow ah lacag kale oo ku dhow $2,000,000 oo uu balan qaaday isaga oo ka socda Congress-ka Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs Secretariat.

Marka laga reebo dhowr kulan oo yaryar oo sharciga ah, Marshall wuxuu ku noolaa nolol caadi ah ilaa uu ku dhintay 55, calaamad u ah xukun qalad ah oo isku dayaya inuu helo caddaalad.