[Tagbert]

In my American schools we did learn more about North American natives though it was often through the point of view of European explorers and colonists. We got the usual stories about interactions with Jamestown/Pocahontas and Mayflower colonists /Squanto. There was more about Ponce de Leon and Coronado and the peoples they encountered. We got more details about the Aztec, Maya, and Olmec. I also remember sections about the mound builders and the Iroquois Confederacy. There were lessons on the American westward expansion and the conflicts that caused though I suspect that was downplayed a bit. The only South American people we studied were the Inca.

Obviously that misses whole sections of the continents.