sentences:  Martin was born in 1879 in Fort Rupert, British Columbia, to parents of the Kwakwaka'wakw Nation.He was the son of Yaxnukwelas, a high-ranking native from Gilford Island.His mother was Q'omiga, also known by her English name, Sarah Finlay, who was the mixed-race daughter of a Kwakwaka'wakw woman and a Scottish man working with the Hudson's Bay Company.