I am curious as to what would happen if someone accused you of a grave crime (think life imprisonment now in the US) but it was in Turtle Island (pre-European contact) so present day United States and Canada is my question. I have read quotes from Native American leaders about how if someone did not have food or shelter, generally it would be provided. Europeans constructed prisons in North America, why didn't First Nations have prisons the way we think of a British or French 15th-18th century prison? Did Indigenous people pre-contact hold trials? How were POWs treated? Were unacceptable war crimes even a consideration? Was age of consent? Age of fitness for war? For trial? Is criminal responsibility through mental illness a mitigating factor? Would you even have a chance to list mitigating factors in a defense? If I'm accused can I consult someone or hire them to argue for me like a lawyer? If the answer is specific to the Great Lakes region, even better.