Table of contents : Cover Foreword by John Borrows 1 Introduction 2 From Treaty to “The White Man Governs” 3 Racialized and Politicized Rural Crime and Self-Defence 4 The Investigation, Polarization, and Preliminaries 5 Jury Selection 6 Hang Fire? 7 Indigenous Witnesses on Trial 8 Murder, Manslaughter, and Phantom Self-Defence 9 Acquittal, Decision Not to Appeal, and Aftermath 10 Can We Do Better? Acknowledgments Notes Index