Native Peoples Law is the area of law related to those peoples indigenous to the continent at the time of European colonization specifically Native Indians, Native Hawaiians, Alaska Natives and other native groups. Attorneys who practice native peoples law handle cases involving disputes related to the limited power of the federal government to regulate tribe property and activity, and cases involving unlawful discrimination against native peoples.
Patterson is a city in Stanislaus County, California, United States. The population was 11,606 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Modesto Metropolitan Statistical Area. Patterson is known as the "Apricot Capital of the World".