Introduction by the Editors

This Essay opens a Symposium honoring the contribution of Mari Matsuda to American legal scholarship. The first Asian American female to gain tenure at a U.S. law school, she helped establish a scholarly movement-critical race theory-that reshaped several academic disciplines. She also was the first to propose a new perspective-looking to the bottom-in which judges and activists would evaluate legal practices from the perspective of the least advantaged members of society. With pathbreaking articles on hate speech, accent discrimination, legal history, affirmative action, feminist legal theory, and the politics of coalition, Matsuda has left her mark on numerous areas of law. Her work has found its way into dozens of casebooks and anthologies. One of her articles, Public Response to Racist Speech: Considering the Victim\u27s Story, is the thirty-third most cited article in the history of American law. It occupies a niche slightly below an article by Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw and just above another by Frank Easterbrook and Daniel Fischel, with the additional distinction of being Michigan Law Review\u27s most-cited article in the journal\u27s history. Each article in the forthcoming series will examine an aspect of anti-oppression thought or practice. Drawing inspiration from Matsuda\u27s foundational essay on accent discrimination, in which she analyzes society\u27s preference for clerks and salespeople who speak unaccented English, an opening article by Richard Delgado discusses resistance to same-sex marriage, identifying a number of core beliefs that underlie that resistance and subjecting them to analysis. Subsequent articles will build on other works by Matsuda to advance our understanding of social problems and issues, including a number that are just now emerging

Correspondence between the Cherokee Nation of Indians and the Dawes Commission.

54-2Indian AffairsCorrespondence Between the Cherokees and the Dawes Commission. [3470] Concerning a proprosed change in their tribal government, and their method of land tenure.1897-5

Resolution of the Legislature of Kansas, in favor of the establishment of a United States district court for the Indian Territory.

43-2JudiciaryResolution of the Kansas Legis. [1630] Asks establishment of a U.S. district court for Indian Territory.1875-8

C. E. Hedges.

44-2Indian AffairsReport : Claim of of C. Hedges. [1769] The Com. of Indian Affairs reports favorably.1877-

Receipts and expenditures. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting an account of the receipts and expenditures of the government for the year ending June 30, 1853

33-1Receipts and Expenditures. [727] Year ending 30 June 1853; Indian expenses.1854-8

Professor Hayden's geological survey of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and Utah

42-3Report of the U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories. [1573] Exploring expeditions; ancient Indian mounds; hostile Sioux; Bannocks and Flatheads in Montana.1873-10