This app helps you explore National Parks while also learning about the deeper history of the land they exist on. Many of the places we now call parks have been home to Indigenous nations for thousands of years. With Defend the Parks, you can browse National Parks and other locations maintained by the National Park Service, like historic sites, trails, memorials, battlefields, and monuments. Alongside National Park information, you can learn about the Indigenous sovereignties and languages associated with the land, read about the history of each park, and find ways to support and protect these places for future generations. In upcoming iterations this app will include a filter system to further education about these places and their Indigenous history. The history of National Parks reaches far beyond the park system itself. Understanding that history is one step toward protecting these lands and respecting the people connected to them. Defend the Parks uses the National Park Service API for park information and the Native Land API for language, territory, treaty, source, and available placename records connected to park and user coordinates.