Going Native by Tom Harmer, First Edition (2001)

A spiritual autobiography about Tom Harmer's life with the Salish Indian people. It covers his experiences in the Okanogan region of Washington state, his participation in traditional ceremonies, and his immersion in the culture and language.
From his first sight of Chopaka, a mountain sacred to the Okanogan people, Harmer felt at home. He formed close relationships with members of the Okanogan band living on allotments amidst white ranches and orchards, finding work as they did, feeding cattle, irrigating alfalfa, picking apples, and eventually becoming an outreach worker for a rural social services agency. Gradually absorbing the language, traditions, and practical spirit lore as one of the family, he was guided by an elderly uncle through arduous purification rites and fasts to the realization that his life had been influenced and enhanced by a shumix, or spirit partner, acquired in childhood.

Very good condition with intact dust jacket. Appears unused. Library stamp on first page and bookshop sticker on front cover.

ISBN: 0-8263-2317-0