its a national tragedy. it is very sad. i learned about this by the time i was in 3rd grade and it made a huge impact on me. i learned about the Trail of Tears, i went to some reservations, etc. at the time i would say the country was built on an Indian burial ground, just like the Poltergeist, that's why things are so fucked up. it's kind of what the Shining is about, in a way.
no idea "what is being pushed in schools". i learned in the 80s about Andrew Jackson's genocide campaigns and several others. i mean the old West was a thing, cowboys and indians just finally dying off and all that. plus we had many native tribes still in the area which we could visit and see. i used to have some really cool t-shirts i got from a reservation. do i personally feel guilty? no. i had no decision in where i was born.
i mean it is what it is. as people say, many atrocities have taken place in the past. many atrocities took place far more recently than that time. there is horrific shit going on now, terrible abuses of power, and we somehow keep getting distracted by the past. "Look to slavery! Look to the Native Genocide! ignore the leaders of today and their constant fuck ups!" this is why Shell and Amazon and Wells Fargo all sponsor this race based think tank stuff. it is a distraction from nuanced history. it is possible to be realistic about the past without using it to perform some narcissistic flagellating ritual of self pity.