WASHINGTON – Washington is full of popular tourist sites that are monuments to American history, from the White House to the Capitol, from Arlington National Cemetery to Congressional Cemetery.

And, with a little more exploring, visitors can learn that all those sites are monuments to Native American history as well.

The National Museum of the American Indian may be the first – and possibly only – site that comes up with an internet search for “Native American landmarks” in Washington. But a new app opens the door to a range of other sites.

The “Guide to Indigenous DC” takes users on a tour of D.C. sites that link to Native American prehistory all the way to modern history.

“Working on this app, learning more about the history of indigenous people in theD.C. area has been an honor to work on this project,” said Elizabeth Rule, assistant director for the AT&T Center for Indigenous Politics and Policy at George Washington University.

The center developed the app, unveiled this summer, after soliciting proposals for ways to tell indigenous history.

Some of the sites are obvious, like the National Museum of the American Indian and the statues of tribal leaders in the Capitol. Others include the iconic Iwo Jima Memorial, where one of the five Marines raising the flag in the sculpture is Ira Hayes, a Pima Indian from Arizona.

The sites stem from prehistory, noting that tribal artifacts were unearthed on the White House grounds when a swimming pool was installed in 1975, to more modern history. The 1972 occupation of the Bureau of