He's a rare breed, coming from the lows of adolescence to the highs of national stardom BY EMIL TIEDEMANN Y OU might think I'm somewhat bias, doing an article on someone I'm actually related to, but the reality is that he's my cousin twice removed, and I've never even met the guy before. But, at the same time, I know of Nathaniel Arcand , 37, and I know he's one of this country's most talented and prolific Aboriginal actors, honing his craft on both television and film since the mid-'90s. In fact, I didn't even know that Arcand, the oldest of six children, was part of my extended family (our mothers are first cousins) until I read an article (partially) about him in a December 2002 issue of the Edmonton Journal . The headline for the piece read "Former gang members tell their stories to forum to help native youth" (by Ed Kaiser ). "We saw a lot of drinking around us and fighting," a 31-year-old Arcand told Kaiser. "We s
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