“Kablunak itik! Kablunak itik! Laying on the stretcher she kicked her legs against the guard rails and screamed at the top of her lungs. Nisem vedel veliko inuktitut vendar sem vedel kablunak itik: white asshole.

I bristled but did my best to maintain my composure.  As I dropped the guard rail, Jek glasno prekine svojo žalitev. “Should you require further care you are more than welcome to make an appointment to come back and see us at the clinic.”  It was not the first time Lucy had caused a scene at the health centre in this small northern community but this was by far the most dramatic.

Naslednje jutro zdravje delavcev skupnost prišla v mojo pisarno. Uradna vloga Helenin je promocija zdravja in izobraževanja, vendar pa je delala tudi izven svojih delovnih nalog. , zdelo skoraj skrbi, da je šla brez mojega dovoljenja. . "Ona se počuti zelo slabo.

Sem skomignil z rameni. Medicinske sestre so vetrobransko steklo na avtocesti zdravstvenega varstva in redno srečujejo razbitin frustracij bolnikov. Sem prišel proč slabše v drugih primerih.  Helen studied my face intently.  “She wants you to come to her house.”  This made me instantly uneasy but in my short time at the health centre I had come to trust Helen and decided I should give in to her soft persistence.

Ko smo prispeli sem sledil Helen v hišo; Lucy je sedel na svoji kuhinjski mizi. . I’m really sorry for yesterday.  When Helen told me you were from Yellowknife I was so embarrassed.   I would never treat anyone from the North that way.” She insisted I have some caribou soup she had made that morning.

Bolj ko sem poslušal bolj sem lahko kos skupaj svoje frustracije. Njena zapleteno zdravstvenih potreb pomenilo pogoste obiske v zdravstvenem domu in razloži svojo zgodovino, da vsako novo medicinske sestre in zdravnik, ki je prišel v mesto. , in naslednji bi samo spremeniti nazaj. . Helen je vedel, da kjer je Sem iz bi zadevo Lucy.  I accepted a second bowl of soup.

Helen nikoli povedal veliko o dogodkih po tem dnevu. Instrumentalna posrednik zaupanja med našima kulturama, je nadaljevala na, making sure Lucy and I had a cup of tea at every appointment.

V naslednjih nekaj letih, moje delo v skupnosti Lucije postopoma upadla, kot moje življenje v Yellowknife razvil v redne zaposlitve na urgenco. , Prišel sem na izmeno videti Lucy tam. Bila je letela po zraku v ambulante s pljučnico in je čakala na vstop v zdravstveni enoti gor. , zvit na njeni strani na nosilih. , ampak kot ona me je prepoznal njen nasmeh rasla. . "To je tako dobro videti prijatelja."

- Scott v Yellowknife