Nathaniel Arcand

Nathaniel Arcand

Born: November 13, 1971
in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Nathaniel Arcand (born November 13, 1971) is a Canadian actor and is Nēhilawē (Plains Cree), from the Alexander First Nation Reserve.

His first major role was as troubled teen William MacNeil for 3 seasons in the Canadian drama series North of 60. In 1997, he was nominated for a Gemini Award in the category "Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series" for the North of 60 episode "Traces and Tracks."

He had a major role as Clinton Skye in the CBS crime drama FBI: Most Wanted, and one of his longest running roles is that of Scott Cardinal on the CBC series Heartland. He has also appeared on Murdoch Mysteries, Smallville, Longmire, Bull, Supernatural, and Into the West, to name a few.

He portrays Victor Merasty on Blackstone, "an unmuted exploration of First Nations’ power and politics" set in a small Plains Cree community. He also portrays Nathan in the comedic drama Two Indians Talking, which won the 2010 Vancouver International Film Festival Most Popular Canadian Film Award. He appeared in Cold Pursuit with Liam Neeson, as well as many other films.

Movies for Nathaniel Arcand...

Title: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Character: Chief Arnook
Released: February 22, 2024
Type: TV
A young boy known as the Avatar must master the four elemental powers to save a world at war — and fight a ruthless enemy bent on stopping him.
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Killers of the Flower Moon
Title: Killers of the Flower Moon
Character: Ancestor Warrior
Released: October 18, 2023
Type: Movie
When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.
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The ties that bind
Title: The ties that bind
Character: Mr. Boyden
Released: September 27, 2023
Type: Movie
In a winter of darkness, between brothers, no one gets out alive.
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Kiri and the Girl
Title: Kiri and the Girl
Character: Wolf
Released: October 14, 2021
Type: Movie
After the death of her mother, a young girl finds her strength and reconnects to her world.
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Portraits from a Fire
Title: Portraits from a Fire
Character: Gord
Released: October 3, 2021
Type: Movie
An Indigenous teenage boy fights through distorting realities as a family secret unravels.
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The Baker's Son
Title: The Baker's Son
Character: Lyle
Released: June 12, 2021
Type: Movie
Matt’s passion transforms his bread from bland to brilliant. But when his bread loses its magic, the island locals panic and turn to Annie - Matt’s childhood friend and true love - for help.
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Monkey Beach
Title: Monkey Beach
Character: Albert Hill
Released: October 3, 2020
Type: Movie
Five hundred miles north of Vancouver is Kitamaat, an Indian reservation in the homeland of the Haisla people. Growing up a tough, wild tomboy, swimming, fighting, and fishing in a remote village where the land slips into the green ocean on the edge of the world, Lisamarie has always been different. Visited by ghosts and shapeshifters, tormented by premonitions, she can't escape the sense that something terrible is waiting for her. She recounts her enchanted yet scarred life as she journeys in her speedboat up the frigid waters of the Douglas Channel. She is searching for her brother, dead by drowning, and in her own way running as fast as she can toward danger. Circling her brother's tragic death are the remarkable characters that make up her family: Lisamarie's parents, struggling to join their Haisla heritage with Western ways; Uncle Mick, a Native rights activist and devoted Elvis fan; and the headstrong Ma-ma-oo (Haisla for "grandmother"), a guardian of tradition.
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Title: FBI: Most Wanted
Character: Clinton Skye
Released: January 7, 2020
Type: TV
The Fugitive Task Force relentlessly tracks and captures the notorious criminals on the Bureau’s Most Wanted list. Seasoned agent Jess LaCroix oversees the highly skilled team that functions as a mobile undercover unit that is always out in the field, pursuing those who are most desperate to elude justice.
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Indian Road Trip
Title: Indian Road Trip
Character: Billy Cardinal
Released: December 1, 2019
Type: Movie
When two unruly Native con-artists are forced to drive a cranky elder across the reserve so she can make peace with her long estranged and dying sister, it quickly becomes clear that a supernatural force is trying to halt the journey.
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Title: Black Summer
Character: Governale
Released: April 11, 2019
Type: TV
In the dark, early days of a zombie apocalypse, complete strangers band together to find the strength they need to survive and get back to loved ones.
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Cold Pursuit
Title: Cold Pursuit
Character: Fredrick 'Smoke' Alycott
Released: February 7, 2019
Type: Movie
The quiet family life of Nels Coxman, a snowplow driver, is upended after his son's murder. Nels begins a vengeful hunt for Viking, the drug lord he holds responsible for the killing, eliminating Viking's associates one by one. As Nels draws closer to Viking, his actions bring even more unexpected and violent consequences, as he proves that revenge is all in the execution.
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Title: FBI
Character: Clinton Skye
Released: September 25, 2018
Type: TV
The New York office of the FBI brings to bear all their talents, intellect and technical expertise on major cases in order to keep their city and the country safe.
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Drawing Home
Title: Drawing Home
Character: Will Bearspaw
Released: December 1, 2017
Type: Movie
Boston in the 1920s. A young East Coast debutante is dating the most eligible bachelor in the world, John D. Rockefeller III. Her future seems set: a dream life in the upper echelons of society. But when she least expects it, she meets a young painter from one of the most beautiful places on Earth, the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Their worlds are polar opposites. As their attraction turns their lives upside down, they soon face a universal question: Can you find "home" in another person?
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Dead Again in Tombstone
Title: Dead Again in Tombstone
Character: Bull Dog
Released: August 30, 2017
Type: Movie
The devil’s outlaw and reluctant servant, Guerrero returns from the dead again in this action-packed western which promises to be one hell of a ride. Guerrero is forced to protect a stolen relic from getting into the hands of Jackson Boomer and his gang of soldiers, but Jackson will stop at nothing to raise his comrades from the dead and bring the wrath of hell upon earth. Guerrero must use all his dark powers in order to defeat Jackson and find redemption…or die again trying.
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The Northlander
Title: The Northlander
Character: Shappa
Released: October 14, 2016
Type: Movie
In the year 2961, the time is after humanity and nature has recovered the land. A hunter named Cygnus is called to rise above his duty. He provides for Last Arc, a once nomadic band of survivors in need of food and water that is now growing scarce. The answer must be found before a group of outlandish Heretics descend upon them. Cygnus must voyage across the treacherous landscape to defend his people. Sent by Nova, the matriarch of the band, she acts based on her vision for Cygnus to find a seed of hope. The future of Last Arc is for him to discover, Cygnus ventures into a hostile landscape in search of an answer for his people. On this journey of encountering many traps and dangers, Cygnus discovers what has been hunting him is his identity.
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Title: Bull
Character: Makya 'Mack' Benally
Released: September 20, 2016
Type: TV
Dr. Jason Bull is the brilliant, brash, and charming founder of a hugely successful trial consulting firm.
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Title: Delmer & Marta
Character: Takoda Callihoo
Released: March 9, 2016
Type: TV
A woman becomes a TV personality after relocating with her husband.
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Title: Longmire
Character: Avo
Released: June 3, 2012
Type: TV
A Wyoming sheriff rebuilds his life and career following the death of his wife. Based on the “Walt Longmire” series of mystery novels written by best-selling author Craig Johnson.
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Ok Breathe Auralee
Title: Ok Breathe Auralee
Character: Randy
Released: January 20, 2012
Type: Movie
Take a journey with a baby-crazed young lady.
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Two Indians Talking
Title: Two Indians Talking
Character: Nathan
Released: October 6, 2010
Type: Movie
Two Indians Talking is a comedic drama about the conflicting opinions of two First Nations men as they prepare to set up a roadblock. Each man wants fiercely to do the right thing, but struggles with the question, "When you do something for the right reasons, does that make it the right thing to do?"
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Title: Fear Itself
Character: First Victim
Released: June 5, 2008
Type: TV
A horror/suspense anthology series directed by the biggest horror directors working in feature films.
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Title: Murdoch Mysteries
Character: Jimmy McLeod
Released: January 24, 2008
Type: TV
A Victorian-era Toronto detective uses then-cutting edge forensic techniques to solve crimes, with the assistance of a female coroner who is also struggling for recognition in the face of tradition, based on the books by Maureen Jennings.
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Title: Heartland
Character: Scott Cardinal
Released: October 14, 2007
Type: TV
Life is hard on the Flemings' ranch in the Alberta foothills where abused or neglected horses find refuge with a kind, hard-working family. Debts abound and the bank is about to foreclose. Can they keep the ranch running?
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Title: Moose TV
Released: July 5, 2007
Type: TV
Moose TV is a Canadian television sitcom, airing on Showcase in the 2007-08 television season. The show stars Adam Beach as George Keeshig, a Cree from the fictional community of Moose in northern Quebec, who returns home after a decade living in Toronto to become manager of the local community television station. The cast also includes Gary Farmer, Jennifer Podemski, Nathaniel Arcand, Michelle Latimer, Diane Flacks and Billy Merasty. The show's head writer is Paul Quarrington. The series was directed by Tim Southam. Produced by Rezolution Pictures for the Showcase network in Canada, the series received the Indie Award for Best Comedy Series from the Canadian Film and Television Producers Association in 2008.
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Nora Roberts’ Montana Sky
Title: Nora Roberts’ Montana Sky
Character: Adam Wolfchild
Released: February 5, 2007
Type: Movie
The wealthy stock dealer bequeaths his Montana farm to the three daughters provided they would live there together at least for a year.
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Pathfinder
Title: Pathfinder
Character: Wind In Tree
Released: January 11, 2007
Type: Movie
A Viking boy is left behind after his clan battles a Native American tribe. Raised within the tribe, he ultimately becomes their savior in a fight against the Norsemen.
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Title: Supernatural
Character: Derek Swan
Released: September 13, 2005
Type: TV
When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America ... and he taught them how to kill it. Now, the Winchester brothers crisscross the country in their '67 Chevy Impala, battling every kind of supernatural threat they encounter along the way.
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Title: Into the West
Character: Brings Horse
Released: June 10, 2005
Type: TV
The lives of two families, one white American, one native American, become mingled through the momentous events of American expansion, between 1825 and 1890.
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Clawed: The Legend of Sasquatch
Title: Clawed: The Legend of Sasquatch
Character: Ranger John Eagleheart
Released: April 14, 2005
Type: Movie
When a group of poachers is found mauled to death in the woods of the Pacific Northwest -- mirroring a grisly slaying that happened years ago, known as the "Echo Mountain Massacre" -- angry locals are convinced that the infamous Sasquatch is to blame. But that doesn't stop four passionate high school students from making a plea to spare the creature's life.
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Title: Little House on the Prairie
Character: Kiowa Brave
Released: March 26, 2005
Type: TV
Little House on the Prairie, also known as Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie, is a five-hour miniseries which was broadcast on ABC as part of The Wonderful World of Disney anthology series. It was made in 2004. It was directed by David L. Cunningham.
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Johnny Tootall
Title: Johnny Tootall
Character: RT
Released: March 21, 2005
Type: Movie
Discharged from Bosnian war, Johnny carries the weight of this war on his shoulders. He left the war with a dark and frightening secret, the murder of a young boy that haunts him. But Johnny carries many demons. The death of his father, running from his destiny as Chief of the Band and abandoning the love of his life. Nevertheless, Johnny must return home, the wolf spirit has called. Upon his return, he finds a new war. His estranged brother is leading his people in a revolt to save their sacred land. Johnny faces a dilemma; does he fight to save his people, or does he save himself? His journey will guide him to realizing that they are the same. In a blink, his world changes and in death, his brother guides him on a spirit walk to meet his destiny as leader of his people.
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Elektra
Title: Elektra
Character: Hand Ninja #1
Released: January 13, 2005
Type: Movie
Elektra the warrior survives a near-death experience, becomes an assassin-for-hire, and tries to protect her two latest targets, a single father and his young daughter, from a group of supernatural assassins.
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From Cherry English
Title: From Cherry English
Character: Traylor
Released: October 21, 2004
Type: Movie
A surrealistic allergory on the loss of language and identity in the city from an indigenous perspective.
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Title: Shoebox Zoo
Character: Cousin Henry
Released: September 21, 2004
Type: TV
Shoebox Zoo is an urban fantasy TV series made in a collaboration between BBC Scotland and various Canadian television companies. It is mostly live-action, but with CGI used for the animal figurines. The show centers on the story of a young girl named Marnie McBride, who is given a shoebox containing four toy animals by a mysterious old man at a junk shop, as a gift for her 11th birthday. These magical toys have the power to come alive on Marnie’s command, and they’re on a quest to find an ancient book that once belonged to a great and powerful wizard.
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Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning
Title: Ginger Snaps Back: The Beginning
Character: Hunter
Released: July 10, 2004
Type: Movie
Set in 19th Century Canada, Brigette and her sister Ginger take refuge in a Traders' Fort which later becomes under siege by some savage werewolves. And an enigmatic Indian hunter decides to help the girls, but one of the girls has been bitten by a werewolf. Brigitte and Ginger may have no one to turn to but themselves.
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Zombie Attack: Museum of the Dead
Title: Zombie Attack: Museum of the Dead
Released: April 4, 2004
Type: Movie
One night a year, a museum opens it's doors to exhibit a collection of cursed artifacts... But something hideous is roaming these halls, feasting on the flesh of the innocent. A cannibalistic horror is alive! The hunger is spreading, and the only escape is through the hordes of the damned.
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Black Cloud
Title: Black Cloud
Character: Jimmy
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: Movie
Black Cloud, is an inspirational story about a young Navajo, Native American boxer, who overcomes personal challenges as he comes to terms with his heritage, while fighting his way for a spot on the US Olympic boxing team.
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Dreamkeeper
Title: Dreamkeeper
Character: Broken Lance
Released: December 28, 2003
Type: Movie
In South Dakota, in an Indian reservation, an old storyteller Indian asks his grandson Shane, who is in trouble owing money to some bad guys, to take his old pony and him to Albuquerque to the great powwow, an Indian meeting. While traveling, Grandpa tells mysterious Indian tales of love, friendship and magic.
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The Lone Ranger
Title: The Lone Ranger
Character: Tonto
Released: February 26, 2003
Type: Movie
This version takes a look at the character in the years before he became a legend. It all begins with the introduction of Luke Hartman, a 20-year old Boston law student who witnesses the murder of his brother, a Texas Ranger. He himself is wounded in the midst of the chaos, but is rescued by the Apache Tonto... and subsequently becomes smitten by Tonto's sister Alope. He then devotes his life to avenging the death of his brother and fighting injustice, and in the process becoming a worldwide legend.
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Chick Street Fighter
Title: Chick Street Fighter
Character: Jonny
Released: January 22, 2003
Type: Movie
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100 Days In The Jungle
Title: 100 Days In The Jungle
Character: Leonard Carter
Released: December 4, 2002
Type: Movie
100 Days in the Jungle tells the amazing true story of Canadian oil workers who were kidnapped by Colombian rebels and marched through the Ecuadorian jungle for 100 days.
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Wildfire 7: The Inferno
Title: Wildfire 7: The Inferno
Character: Red
Released: November 1, 2002
Type: Movie
Nell is a young mother convicted of accidentally killing her alcoholic husband. When given the opportunity to serve his sentence as a forest firefighter, demonstrates his courage and discipline in an exceptional way.
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Skins
Title: Skins
Character: Teen Mogie
Released: September 27, 2002
Type: Movie
An inspirational tale about the relationship between two Sioux Indian brothers living on the Pine Ridge Indian reservation.
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Speaking of Sex
Title: Speaking of Sex
Character: Calvin
Released: October 18, 2001
Type: Movie
A counselor, an expert on depression, and two attorneys try to help a couple who have marital problems.
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Title: Smallville
Character: Jeremiah Holdsclaw
Released: October 16, 2001
Type: TV
The origins of the world’s greatest hero–from Krypton refugee Kal-el’s arrival on Earth through his tumultuous teen years to Clark Kent’s final steps toward embracing his destiny as the Man of Steel.
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American Outlaws
Title: American Outlaws
Character: Comanche Tom
Released: August 17, 2001
Type: Movie
When a Midwest town learns that a corrupt railroad baron has captured the deeds to their homesteads without their knowledge, a group of young ranchers join forces to take back what is rightfully theirs. They will become the object of the biggest manhunt in the history of the Old West and, as their fame grows, so will the legend of their leader, a young outlaw by the name of Jesse James.
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The Doe Boy
Title: The Doe Boy
Character: Junior
Released: January 25, 2001
Type: Movie
A Cherokee boy is a haemophiliac in a culture obsessed with blood identity.
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Title: Caitlin's Way
Released: March 11, 2000
Type: TV
Caitlin, a tough city girl and an orphan since age eight, faces two options when she gets in trouble with the law: Go to juvenile hall, or move to the wilds of Montana to live with distant cousins.
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Grey Owl
Title: Grey Owl
Character: Ned White Bear
Released: October 1, 1999
Type: Movie
Archie Grey Owl is a trapper in Canada in the early 1930s when a young Iroquois woman from town asks him to teach her Indian ways. They live in the woods, where she is appalled at how trapped animals die. She adopts two orphaned beaver kits and helps Archie see his way to stop trapping. Instead, he works as a guide, a naturalist writer, and then the Canadian government hires him to save the beaver in a conserve by Lake Ajawaan in Prince Albert National Park. He writes a biography, which brings him attention in Canada and invitations to lecture in England. Before he leaves, he and Anahareo (Pony) marry. In England, his secret is revealed. Will Anahareo continue to love him?
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Title: Da Vinci's Inquest
Released: October 7, 1998
Type: TV
Da Vinci's Inquest is a Canadian dramatic television series that aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2005. While never a ratings blockbuster, seven seasons of thirteen episodes each were filmed for a total of ninety-one episodes. The show, set and filmed in Vancouver, stars Nicholas Campbell as Dominic Da Vinci, once an undercover officer for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, but now a crusading coroner who seeks justice in the cases he investigates. The cast also includes Gwynyth Walsh as Da Vinci's ex-wife and chief pathologist Patricia Da Vinci, Donnelly Rhodes as detective Leo Shannon, and Ian Tracey as detective Mick Leary.
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Forgotten Warriors
Title: Forgotten Warriors
Character: Native Soldier
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
This documentary introduces us to thousands of Indigenous Canadians who enlisted and fought alongside their countrymen and women during World War II, even though they could not be conscripted. Ironically, while they fought for the freedom of others, they were being denied equality in their own country and returned home to find their land seized.
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Crazy Horse
Title: Crazy Horse
Character: Little Hawk
Released: July 7, 1996
Type: Movie
The legendary Native American chieftain refuses to go with his people peacefully to the reservation and starts a rebellion.
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Title: Due South
Character: David Kitikmeot
Released: September 22, 1994
Type: TV
Constable Benton Fraser, an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, is attached to the Canadian consulate but works with Chicago Police Department to solve crimes.
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Title: North of 60
Character: William MacNeil
Released: December 3, 1992
Type: TV
North of 60 is a mid-1990s Canadian television series depicting life in the sub-Arctic northern boreal forest. It first aired on CBC Television in 1992 and was syndicated around the world. It is set in the fictional community of Lynx River, a primarily Native-run town depicted as being in the Dehcho Region, Northwest Territories. Most of the characters were Dene. Some non-native characters had important roles: the restaurant/motel owner, the band manager, the nurse and the town's main RCMP officer. The show explored themes of Native poverty, alcoholism, cultural preservation and conflict over land settlements and natural resource exploitation. Originally somewhat light-hearted, it quickly became a more dramatic and ponderous series.