Queer Person is a children's novel by Ralph Hubbard.
[1] The novel, illustrated by Harold von Schmidt, was first published in 1930 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1931.
[2] When a lost four-year-old deaf-mute wanders into a Pikuni camp he is shunned by them as marked by evil spirits.
During his test of bravery as an adolescent, he rescues the chief's son.
He wins the heart of the chief's daughter and eventually becomes a leader of the tribe.