Native Past
Native American History, Languages & Records for iOS & Android
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Native Past is launching soon on the App Store and Google Play. Want the records search right now? It's free on the web at nativepast.com.
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Learn the history, stories, and living languages of Native American nations — beginning with the Five Civilized Tribes. Read illustrated history chapter by chapter, take bite-size language lessons, and search hundreds of thousands of public National Archives records, each linked back to its original document. Then bring your own family history in: import your documents, let Native Past read them privately on your device, and build a family tree with the proof attached. No account is required, and your family research never leaves your phone.
📖 History, Nation by Nation
54 chapters across the Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Muscogee (Creek), and Seminole Nations — written in the present tense, because these nations are here now. Notable figures, stories, and reading-progress tracking.
🗣️ Language Lessons
81 interactive lessons and 400+ verified words and phrases, syllabary and alphabet first. Multiple-choice, translation, and matching exercises, plus a per-nation phrasebook.
🔎 Records Search
Search 238,000+ Native American records from the U.S. National Archives — the Dawes Rolls, the Guion Miller and California applications, and more — each linked to its original document. The same search is free on the web at nativepast.com.
📄 Your Documents, Read On-Device
Import family photos, image files, and PDFs and let the app read them right on your device (Apple Vision on iOS, Google ML Kit on Android). Nothing is uploaded to our servers.
🌳 Private Family Tree
Build your family tree, attach documents as proof, and map the connections between people — all stored locally on your device.
📚 Cited, Always
Every chapter, word, and figure carries its sources. Records show the Archives' own wording, plainly labeled — nothing guessed.
🔒 Private by Design
No account, no sign-in, and zero analytics or tracking in the app. Your learning progress and family research stay on your device.
🏅 Progress & Streaks
Earn XP, keep a daily learning streak, and watch per-nation progress rings fill as you complete lessons.
Simple, Transparent Pricing
Free
- All history chapters
- All language lessons
- Full in-app records search
- Documents & family tree
- Supported by occasional ads
Pro Monthly
- Everything in Free
- Ad-free experience
- All history chapters
- All language lessons
- Documents & family tree
Pro Yearly
- Everything in Free
- Ad-free experience
- All history chapters
- All language lessons
- Documents & family tree
- Best value
A note on these records
Native Past is an educational research tool, not an authority. Tribal citizenship and enrollment are determined solely by sovereign tribal nations — a record you find here is a starting point for research, never proof of eligibility.
The Dawes Rolls document a coercive federal process imposed on sovereign nations. We present these records as historical documents, with original wording preserved and plainly labeled. Native Past is an independent project and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any tribal government or the U.S. National Archives.