 Bodies under Test 
This article proposes to examine the body in encounters between missionaries and northern Amerindians. The context of this encounter will not be limited to the historical colonial period, but continues until the 20th century. Based on archives and speeches of missionary nuns collected during field research, this contribution proposes to examine the construction of bodies in this context and to analyze the ways in which relationships to otherness are built through bodies, on both sides, in situations of confrontation, compliance and persistence.