My novel, Pukawiss the Outcast, details the experiences of Joshua, a gay, 14-year-old, Ojibwe teen as he comes of age on a reservation in northern Wisconsin. One of the reasons I wanted to write this novel was to contrast Native American views toward homosexuality with that of Christianity. In the book, Joshua was raised by a conservative Christian mother who views gay people as an abomination before God, so Joshua must keep his true self hidden. But when he returns to his reservation to live...