ENGENDERING DISCIPLINE - DISCOURSE AND COUNTERDISCOURSE IN THE METHODIST-HEILTSUK DIALOGUE

The Heiltsuk village of Bella Bella converted en masse to Methodism in 1880. It was the beginning of a process of missionization that affect ed all aspects of Heiltsuk life. Heiltsuk women were the primary objec ts of missionary efforts to modify behavior. Their responses to the mi ssionaries included elements of both accommodation and resistance. Wom en forged a new synthesis of Heiltsuk and Methodist values and practic es in the face of stressful changes in their world.