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Founded on the Gulf of Mexico, along a series of river valleys. The Olmecs lasted from 1400 BCE to 100 BCE in this location.

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People carved out massive sculptures from volcanic rock. Some of these sculptures were 10 feet tall and 20 tons. Monumental structures showed the powerful leaders of the civilization.

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Strong leaders were well known for their artwork. The Olmecs were not in a state with a strong central government. They were instead in a form of a chiefdom which was their culture.

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The capital city of the Aztec empire was Tenochtitlan, now the site of modern day mexico city.

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Olmecs had a wide variety of resources to trade. Olmecs controlled the Gulf of Mexico so they were rich in jade, serpentine, basalt, and magnetite. Because they were in close contact with traders they influenced them on Olmec cultures which were passed on to other civilizations. Trade was a main reason why the Olmecs were known as the "mother" of culture in MesoAmerica.

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This posed a great challenge to the Aztecs as anything they would build would subside due to the geography of the region. These pilings were surrounded by volcanic stone to add strength. The fact that their structures, built on top of these foundations, didn’t topple or sink bears testament to their amazing engineering skills. They used tools such as fire and basalt axes on wood. On stone they used tools made of flint, obsidian, granite, limestone, and quartzite. They also used the technology of the "plumb bob" to judge vertical accuracy

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Nobody knows how they flourished. However, the last known olmec site was Tres Zapotes which declined in about 100 BCE for unknown reasons. Scholars believe it to be that they deliberately destroyed their capital.

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The Mayans settled in an area to the east of the Olmecs called the Yucatan Peninsula

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The Mayans achieved multiple great things but a few of the most noteworthy are how they created an elaborate and sophisticated writing system, they also calculated a solar year so accurately that modern scientists have research that shows only a 17 second difference from that of the Mayans, they also came up with the concept of 0.
Below is an image of what they used as calendar

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Montezuma II. Montezuma II, also spelled Moctezuma (born 1466—died c. June 30, 1520, Tenochtitlán, within modern Mexico City), ninth Aztec emperor of Mexico, famous for his dramatic confrontation with the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés.

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Mayans were lead by a man called K'inich Janaab' Pakal the Great, or Janaab' Pakal I (603 CE and died in 683 CE). Pakal the Great ruled for close to 70 years after ascending the throne at the age of twelve.
Below is an image of a sculpture of what Pakal may have looked like.

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The native Americans should not be called savages because of all their great achievements such as them being highly skilled engineers and in the process of being able to calculate vertical accuracy to build structures and use common material that surround them.

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Peru celebrates indigenous peoples day by honoring treaties and their rights to things such as their houses, land etc. They mainly focus on cooperation and peace because that is what they are most thankful for.